Maithripala Sirisena, the President of Sri Lanka, has placed a ban on 2 terrorist groups that are linked to the Easter Sunday Bomb Blasts under the president’s emergency powers.

NTJ (National Thawheed Jammath) and JMI (Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem) have been banned by the President, this means that the government of Sri Lanka is capable of confiscating any property that belongs to the 2 terrorist groups.

The ban comes place after the death of 15 people, in which 6 were children.

The deaths came after a military raid was conducted on the safe house of the terrorists in the town of Kalmunai.

During the raids, the militant blew themselves up while a search was going on.

Ruwan Gunasekara, a spokesman of the Police said that a girl and a woman who attained life-threatening injuries are admitted at a hospital in the district of Ampara.

The girl and the woman is the daughter and wife of Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran, the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday Bomb Blasts.

Mohamed Hashim Mathaniya, the sister of Mohamed Zahran said, “Yes, the wife and daughter were injured in the attack.”

ISIS, a terrorist group, claimed that 3 of their members had fought with the police of Sri Lanka before they detonated their vests that were full of explosives.

ISIS added that 17 police officers were injured and killed in the terrorist attack, they did not have any evidence of their claims.

During the raids, the Military of Sri Lanka recovered detonators, military uniforms, explosives, suicide kits, and ISIS flags.

The Easter Sunday bomb blasts killed 250 people, they were carried out at churches and 5-star hotels.

The government of Sri Lanka said that 9 homegrown people carried out the attacks, they added that they were well-educated. The government said that 8 of them have been identified and one of them was a woman.

As of now, the government of Sri Lanka is trying to detain 140 people who they believe are linked to the Easter Sunday bomb blasts.

So far, the authorities have arrested 76 people, which include foreigners who are from Egypt and Syria.