Official: Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  — Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said Monday.
The coordinated bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers from a militant group named National Th