{"id":73609,"date":"2021-07-15T15:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=73609"},"modified":"2021-07-15T15:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:43:39","slug":"sri-lankan-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa-orders-an-investigation-of-allegations-that-some-members-of-state-intelligence-agencies-knew-and-met-with-people-who-carried-out-easter-sunday-bombings-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=73609","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa orders an investigation of allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Krishan Francis\/The Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation of allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, a government official said.<\/p>\n

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka wrote to the president on Tuesday raising concerns about the government\u2019s handling of the suicide bombings and asking it to investigate alleged links between intelligence personnel and the group that carried out the attacks.<\/p>\n

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Two local Muslim groups that had declared allegiance to the Islamic State group carried out six coordinated attacks on churches and leading tourist hotels, killing 269 people. Another man did not carry out a planned attack at a fourth tourist hotel but killed himself later by exploding the bomb at a different location.<\/p>\n

The letter from the National Catholic Committee for Justice to Easter Sunday Attack Victims, a group of bishops and priests led by Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, called on the president to take legal action against former President Maithripala Sirisena for negligence as recommended by a presidential inquiry commission report.<\/p>\n

Sirisena\u2019s government came under heavy criticism for not acting on near-specific foreign intelligence warnings that an attack was imminent.<\/p>\n

Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said Wednesday that all of the findings of the commission have been handed over to proper authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many things flowing in and the best thing the president can do is to refer them to relevant authorities,\u201c Rambukwella said. \u201cThe president has referred all of them to relevant authorities for further action.\u201d<\/p>\n

The church group also said former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should be investigated because the report concluded that his soft approach to Islamic extremism had led to the attacks.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Toronto Star<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Krishan Francis\/The Associated Press Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation of allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, a government official said. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka wrote to the …<\/p>\n

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