Sri Lanka's government temporarily blocks social media and messaging apps following a flare-up of communal violence—the third time it has taken such a step since last month's attacks that killed more than 250 people, an official says.
Sri Lanka's government imposed a nationwide curfew Monday and temporarily blocked social media following a flare-up of communal violence in apparent response to last month's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people, officials said.
"This small group must stop the dangerous game they play against the lives and property of innocent people," Wickramaratne said in a televised statement."We won't allow the country being led to anarchy by those who impose their strength on unarmed, innocent civilians.
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.
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