Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have urged the public to surrender swords and large knives amid heightened security concerns following the deadly April 21 Easter Sunday bombings.
On Saturday, the Sri Lanka Police’s media unit said the public has time until Sunday to handover the swords and knives at the nearest police stations, reports the Daily Mirror.
The police also requested not to park vehicles after 1 p.m. on Sunday near any schools in Colombo as special search operations were scheduled to be conducted in those areas.
Since the gruesome attacks that killed 253 people and injured over 500 others, law enforcement authorities have seized a large number of weapons from various parts of the island nation.
Sunday marks two weeks since the bombings that targeted churches and hotels, the majority in the capital Colombo.
Around 108 Indian nationals have been detained by Sri Lankan authority for visa violations since the country’s armed personnel began countrywide raids, the department of immigration and emigration said.
The authority began carrying out countrywide across the nation following President Maithripala Sirisena assured to reconstruct the country’s security structure.
The government has ordered the deportation of all foreigners who are currently in the island nation without visas and those who over-staying their visas, the state media reported on Friday.
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