Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter Sunday attacks by Islamist militants.
The measures would help security forces to identify people as a hunt for any remaining attackers and their support network continues across the Indian Ocean Island, authorities said.
Residents of Colombo's Muslim neighborhood said they supported the ban on covering of faces as it would help make the jobs of security forces easier. But there are concerns within the Muslim community that a prolonged ban could fuel tensions in the religiously-diverse nation that emerged from a civil war with ethnic minority Tamil separatists a decade ago.
Officials have warned that the militants behind the April 21 suicide bombings on hotels and churches that killed over 250 people were planning more attacks, using a van and bombers disguised in military uniforms.
Reuters
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