Sri Lanka's response to the Easter attacks has been slow and politically contested, unlike India's swift institutional reforms after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd).
Dr Anil Jasinghe, Director General of the Health Services, said the larger death toll was released as a result of a calculation error.
Arson attacks continued on Wednesday and Muslim-owned businesses were targeted by the mobs.
Several people succumbed to their injuries sustained in the blasts, taking the death toll to 359.
The attorney general instructed the authorities to charge them for their failure to prevent the Easter terror attacks.
Authorities also released photographs of six suspects, including three women, wanted for their involvement in the attacks and sought information regarding them from the public.
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