The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility of bombing attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
Okay Nigeria understands that the terrorists group claimed the attacks in a statement by Amaq, its spokesman, on Tuesday.
“Those who carried out the attack that targeted the citizens of the coalition and Christians in Sri Lanka the day before yesterday were Islamic State fighters,” the statement reads.
The government of Sri Lanka have declared a national day of mourning for the victims as death toll raised to 321 on Tuesday.
Ruwan Wijewardene, Sri Lanka’s deputy defence minister, stated that the bombing attacks could be retaliation for last month’s attack against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand.
“We believe (the massacre) was carried out by an extreme Islamist group as a reprisal to the Christchurch mosque massacre in New Zealand.
“This group is known to have links to an organisation named National Thowheed Jamath. We should take immediate steps to ban any such organisation that have links to extremist elements,” Wijewardene said in a statement to parliament on Tuesday.
In related to the bombing attacks, the Police have 42 people while 20 houses have been searched.
