Sri Lanka’s government imposes curfew, temporarily blocks social media after flare-up of violence

Police said the curfew would be enforced until further notice in the country’s North Western region, and until Tuesday morning in the rest of the nation.Sri Lanka’s government has imposed a nationwide curfew and temporarily blocked social media and messaging apps following a flare-up of communal violence in apparent response to last month’s Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people, officials said Monday.

Police said the curfew would be enforced until further notice in the country’s North Western region, and until Tuesday morning in the rest of the nation.Tensions have been running high in the Buddhist-majority Indian Ocean island nation since the attacks by seven suicide bombers who struck two Catholic and one Protestant church and three luxury hotels. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks, carried out by a local radicalized Muslim group.

Previous blocks on social media and messaging apps imposed following the April 21 suicide attacks on churches and hotels were lifted after several days. Since then, the government has intensified security across the country, with armed policemen and troops being deployed to protect schools, churches and key government offices.

We wouldn't want people retaliating against Muslim terrorists would we?

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