Foreign involvement in Sri Lanka blasts: PM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday that authorities are making progress in identifying the culprits of the series of bombing attacks and evidence had been found on foreign links of the attacks.

At a press conference in Temple Trees, Wickremesinghe said that authorities are looking at the claim by Islamic State that they are responsible for the blasts that killed more than 300 people and injured over 500 others.

On an earlier statement that the bombings were an act of retaliation for the attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, last month, the prime minister said the authorities are also investigating and yet to be confirmed.

Series of arrests have been made so far following the Sunday blasts, but the prime minister declined to give the exact number, saying that some of the culprits are still on the run.