Security personnel stand guard at St. Anthony's Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 24, 2019. (Atul Loke/Getty Images)The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka stunned many, and not only because they marked the worst violence in the country in a decade. And Sri Lanka, relative to its neighbors, did not have a large number of foreign fighters leave the country to join the Islamic State. But some experts say it is not inconceivable that Sri Lanka should find itself under attack, given the extremist networks operating in South Asia. In that sense, Sri Lanka should not come as a surprise per se,” Jones said.

Source: Washington Post April 24, 2019 19:18 UTC