OREANDA-NEWS. Banning residents to wear clothing that covers their faces, began to act on Monday in Sri Lanka. It was introduced by the country's president, Maitripala Sirisena, to facilitate the identification of citizens after a series of terrorist attacks and to search for the extremists who committed them. This was reported by The Times of India.

The head of state motivated this decision by ensuring public safety and the provisions of the state of emergency laws in force in the country. On Friday, Sirisena said that the Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies of the country suspect about 140 citizens of having links with the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation).

A series of explosions in Sri Lanka occurred on the day of the celebration of Catholic Easter (April 21). Suicide bombers attacked expensive hotels in and around the capital city of Colombo, as well as churches in the cities of Negombo and Batticaloa. A total of eight explosions thundered. As a result of the attacks, at least 250 people were killed, and another 500 were injured. Russians among the dead and injured were not reported to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Two days later, the Islamic State terrorist group (IG), banned in Russia, took responsibility for what happened.

It is noted that the ban will take effect on Monday, April 29. Such measures were taken in order to stabilize the situation in the country that experienced a series of terrorist attacks last week. More than 100 people were detained on suspicion of involvement in a series of explosions, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt, and two main suspects in the organization of a series of explosions were detained and arrested the day before.