Sunni terrorists turn their attention to Sufis.
Sri Lanka Is Rattled by New Threats
Police officials in Sri Lanka warned on Thursday of possible new attacks on religious services, as Muslim leaders urged the cancellation of Friday Prayer and the country’s highest Roman Catholic prelate suspended worship services through the weekend.
Officials said privately that the authorities were trying to find at least one person believed to be armed with explosives.
The police said the number of people arrested in the investigation had passed 70.
A letter distributed to security officials said there was “credible information” that National Thowheeth Jama’ath, the radical Islamist group thought to have carried out the bombings on Sunday, was planning another attack “specifically targeting Sufi shrines.”
Several officials confirmed the authenticity of the letter, and the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said in more general terms that the security services were hunting for people believed to be planning more terrorist attacks.
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