On April 21, Easter Sunday, the terrorist group NTJ had targeted Easter worshipers in Churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka hosting international guests with coordinated suicide blasts.
It is notable here that the town Kattanakudy is in the very centre of radicalism and Wahabi extremist activities that have been linked with the Easter bombings.
Sri Lankan parliamentarian and Buddhist monk Athuraliye Rathana was on a hunger strike demanding the sacking of the two governors and a minister who have alleged links to Easter bombings.