The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people

All public services by Sri Lanka’s Christian minority were cancelled after the April 21 suicide attacks

Tensions over alleged intelligence failures escalate as ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Easter Sunday blasts

The revelation came as the death toll in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and high-end hotels rose to 321

The attacks were the worst act of violence to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that killed up to 100 000 people