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After the carnage: the Military gets a tremendous amount of power

Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, has late Monday local time, signed a decree giving the country's military wide-ranging powers in the wake of severa

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After the carnage: the Military gets a tremendous amount of power

Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, has late Monday local time, signed a decree giving the country's military wide-ranging powers in the wake of several bomb attacks, on easter Sunday killed at least 290 people.

at the same time he declares that there will be a state of emergency in Sri Lanka from midnight local time. It writes the news agency AP.

at the same time, the country's government ordered a shutdown of social media, while heavily armed soldiers are udkommanderet to patrol the streets of the capital city of Colombo.

There is also issued a nationwide ban on moving outside during the night.

The presidential decree gives the military the ability to detain and arrest the suspect based on the immediate suspicion. It is not seen since the country's decades-long civil war that ended in 2009.

the Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said according to AFP news agency that he fears that the attacks may lead to instability in the country.

Therefore, 'we provide now the defence of the country with all the necessary powers' in any investigations carried out and to provide security, says Wickremesinghe

the Explosions hit several places in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Among other things, on the hotels and in the churches.

According to the government is the attacks carried out by a lesser-known islamist grouping, with the name National Thowfeek Jamaath. Several of the bombs was set off by suicide bombers.

the Attacks, in addition to those killed has left more than 500 wounded, is described as the worst attack in the country since the war ended.

Three danes lost their lives in the attacks. There are three of the Danish entrepreneur Anders Holch Povlsens children.

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