The leader of the right ring Buddhist monk party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), Champika Ranawaka on Friday put forward a 10 point proposal of hardline changes purported to defeat Islamic radicalization following the Easter Sunday blasts. 

The US State Department has raised its Sri Lanka travel advisory to Level 3, urging citizens to reconsider travel due to terrorism.

The advisory stated:

“On April 26, 2019, the Department of State ordered the departure of all school-age family members of U.S. government employees in Kindergarten through 12^th grade.  The Department also authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and family members.

Earlier this month Hindu and Christian religious leaders had united to call for all Tamils to come together to commemorate ten years since the Mullivaikkal genocide.

At a press meet on April 10, community leaders involved in organising Mullivaikkal remembrance activities, said:

^{Photograph: The aftermath of a gunbattle that left several people dead in Amparai last night.}

At least 15 people, including 6 children, are confirmed to be amongst those killed as the Sri Lankan military engaged in a firefight with suspects linked to the Easter Sunday attacks in Amparai yesterday.

The Sri Lankan army confirmed the casualties, as well as a raid on a nearby building, which found stocks of explosives, ball bearings, a drone and a flag bearing the Islamic State logo. 

Sri Lankan police were forced into making a retraction earlier today, after it emerged they had falsely identified an American university student as a suspect wanted in the Easter Sunday bombing attacks.

Earlier the Sri Lankan police released images of purported suspects, including a photograph of a woman they claimed was “Abdul Cater Fathima Khadhiya”.

It quickly emerged that the woman in question was Amara Majeed, a Baltimore local who is a student at Brown University.

Sri Lanka's prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today admitted the government's "failure" to ensure security which could have prevented the Easter Sunday bombings which killed over 250 people across the island, but refused to take personal responsibility. 

Sri Lankan police, including Special Task Force (STF) personnel are registering details about Muslims living and working in areas of the North-East according to local reports.

STF personnel were gathering information about Muslims in Point Pedro from the divisional secretariat as well as the local mosque.

Police were also visiting mosques in Jaffna town, as well as in and around Mullaitivu town, and asking for details on worshippers, mosque administrators said.

Religious leaders and civil society representatives came together for a memorial event in Mannar to pay tribute to the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.

The memorial was attended by Muslim, Christian and Hindu leaders as well as civil society and local government politicians.

Sri Lankan security forces were deployed across Batticaloa in increased numbers following the Easter Sunday bombings. 

The United States warned today that terrorist groups continue to plan possible attacks in Sri Lanka and may strike with little or no warning. 

A candlelight vigil was held in New York City’s Union Square on Tuesday for the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.

One vigil attendee shared that “a collective space for our grief and anxiety was a comfort.”

The vigil contained messages of honoring and lifting up the lives lost, sending love, healing and solidarity for those harmed, grieving the loss of loved ones, and mourning the desecration of sacred sites. Calls were also made for the prevention of profiling and extremist and/or nationalist backlashes, and for intercommunity solidarity and pluralism. The organisers emphasized uniting together against fueling existing tensions between communities, and specifically uniting against Islamophobic rhetoric, policies and narratives as a whole.

Sri Lanka's Health Ministry issued a statement minutes ago, reducing the death toll of Easter Sunday's devastating attacks from 359 to 253.

Citing a calculation error, the Director General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe said the death toll had been reduced to 253, according to reports from CNN and BBC news journalist Azzam Ameen.