Colombo on high alert

Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) soldiers patrol along a road in Colombo yesterday, after a series of bomb blasts targeting luxury hotels near Colombo’s main business district and churches on Easter Sunday. Islamist extremists in Sri Lanka are believed to be planning attacks on bridges in Colombo, authorities said, as they warned several conspirators in the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 257 people still at large. (AFP)