Employees of the security service of Sri Lanka defused the bomb in the 1st of the restaurants in the tourist town of katana, informs News 1st citing law enforcement agencies.

according to the channel, the explosive device found in a backpack.

Twenty-first of April in Sri Lanka was a series of explosions: six - in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, seventh in Dehiwala, the eighth - in the immediate vicinity of Colombo. Another bomb found on the road, speaker to the international airport. Police arrested 58 suspected of belonging to the attacks, said local media.

according to the final data, the result of terrorist acts lost their lives 359 people, more than five hundred damaged.

Grouping "Islamic state" * took on their own shoulders the responsibility for the explosions, but did not provide evidence of his involvement. According to the Minister of defence and the media Rowena Wijewardene, explosions in Sri Lanka have become the response of Islamists to the terrorist act in New Zealand in March.

* Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization



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