Loader
Latest
Trending
Latest stories
Europe
Categories
Programmes
Featured
World
Categories
Programmes
Featured
EU Policy
Business
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Travel
Categories
Programmes
Next
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Culture
Categories
Programmes
Earth
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Health
Categories
Programmes
Euroviews
Videos
More
Special coverage
Partner content
Services
Loader
Find Us
Flipboard Instagram Linkedin
Advertisement

Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo after clashes, bans social media

Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo after clashes, bans social media
FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands guard outside St. Sebastian Church, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo -  Copyright  DANISH SIDDIQUI(Reuters)
Copyright DANISH SIDDIQUI(Reuters)
By Reuters
Published on
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google
Share Close Button

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan government has reimposed a ban on social media platforms in an effort to stop the spread of rumours after violence erupted between groups of civilians in Negombo, north of the capital and site of one of the Easter Sunday bombings.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

The bombings by Islamist militants, which killed more than 250 people, have raised fears that Muslims could be targets of communal violence.

A curfew has been imposed in the Negombo area until 7am local time.

(Reporting By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal; Editing by David Goodman)

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google

Read more

Iran launches strikes on neighbours as Trump threatens to hit power plants

Iran bids farewell to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid tensions with US

Lebanon: thousands mark Ashoura in Nabatieh amid rubble left by Israeli strikes