by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in The Gurdian, De 24, 2023 at 06.00 GMTAccusations are growing that the former Sri Lankan government, led by strongman president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blocked an investigation into the country’s worst terrorist attack amid claims that they had helped orchestrate the blasts in order to return to power. In the attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019, six suicide bombers targeted churches and luxury hotels across the country, killing 269 people, including eight British…
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report in adaderana.lk, Sept 21, 2023Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has stated that no police personnel have been charged in connection with the Easter Sunday bombings of 2019 thus far. Speaking in Parliament today (20 Sep.), he stated that as per the reports submitted by the relevant Presidential Commission of Inquiry, no police personnel have been charged in this regard, and have only been under observation thus far. The Minister asserted this in response…
AFP report, September 11, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s president announced an investigation on Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country´s worst attack against civilians. Ranil Wickremesinghe said he was naming a retired Supreme Court judge to probe accusations that Suresh Sallay, the head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), orchestrated the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The documentary aired this week featured a political insider…
AFP report, Sept 7, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s Catholic church on Wednesday demanded an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Colombo after a British documentary claimed they were orchestrated to tip the outcome of that year´s election. The documentary, aired on Tuesday, featured a political insider who accused current intelligence chief Suresh Sallay of complicity in the bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners. Sallay is closely linked to the powerful Rajapaksa…
By Maneshka Borham in Daily FT, Apr 22, 2023The Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says he along with the victims of the Easter Sunday attack cannot place their trust in the current leadership to deliver justice. He said while President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Minister of Public Security have expressed their willingness to hold an honest dialogue on the matter, it is questionable if they intend to continue their duplicitous policies during the discussions.…