The death toll in the Easter attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has risen to 359.
Police spokesman Ruvan Gunasekara said 18 more suspects were arrested overnight, bringing the total number of those detained to 58.
The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka warned yesterday that several suspects armed with explosives are on the run.
A senior government official said the suicide attacks on churches, hotels and other locations were carried out by Islamist fundamentalists in retaliation for the New Zealand mosque massacre last month.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Sri Lanka and released footage purportedly showing the attackers.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said investigators were still determining the extent to which the suicide bombers were linked to foreigners.
Sri Lankan authorities attributed the attack to a local radical Muslim group. The leader of that group, Muhamed Zahran or Zahran Hashni, became famous three years ago because of inflammatory statements on the Internet.
The US Embassy in Sri Lanka announced today that representatives of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are on the ground to assist local authorities in the investigation into the suicide attacks.
The embassy stated that this was part of the assistance provided by US President Donald Trump.
The attacks on churches and hotels in and around Colombo took place on Easter Sunday.
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