Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) Early warnings from India's intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned. The suspect gave investigators the name of a man he trained in Sri Lanka, who is associated with a local extremist group implicated in the bombings, the source said. "Indian intelligence agencies shared their information with their counterparts in Sri Lanka," the source said. He said the group emerged in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, and was linked to the vandalizing of Buddhist statues. Sri Lanka has been gripped by political turmoil since the President tried to remove the Prime Minister last year.

Source: CNN April 23, 2019 17:34 UTC