(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) World Panorama: Sunday Easter Bombings

Topic: Sunday Easter Bombings

Episode: 373

Topic Description:

Sri Lanka has been on high alert since a co-ordinated wave of bombings last Sunday killed at least 250 people and wounded more than 500. The bombings targeted churches which were packed full for the Easter holiday, as well as hotels popular with tourists. Sri Lankan authorities blamed a local Islamist extremist group, National Tawheed Jamath, for the attacks, although the Islamic State group (IS) has also claimed it played a role. Sri Lanka admitted a "major intelligence lapse" saying that an Indian intelligence warning from the beginning of the month about planned attacks was not properly shared by the authorities. Security forces have carried out raids across the country since the attacks, but officials say there are dozen of Islamic State sympathisers still at large in the country.