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2 Former Sri Lankan Officials Charged In Court Over Easter Sunday Blasts
2 former Sri Lankan officials charged in court over Easter Sunday blasts
Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Dappula de Livera on Monday produced 800 charges against two top former officials for their failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed. The charges were produced in the Colombo High Court against former official in the defense ministry Hemasiri Fernando and former chief of police Pujith Jayasundera. The duo has been accused of neglecting the prior intelligence input on the impending attacks, thereby failing to prevent the loss of life.
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2 Former Sri Lankan Top Security Officials Charged Over Easter Sunday Terror Attacks
2 former Sri Lankan top security officials charged over Easter Sunday terror attacks
Colombo, May 3 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Attorney General on Monday slapped 800 charges against two top former security officials for their failure to prevent the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks in which over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed.
The charges were unveiled in the Colombo High Court by the country s top law officer Dappula de Livera against former official in the defence ministry Hemasiri Fernando and former chief of police Pujith Jayasundera. The duo has been accused of neglecting the prior intelligence input on the impending attacks, thereby failing to prevent the loss of life.
By N Sathiya Moorthy
Unveiling a memorial at the Borella Cemetery for the martyred victims on the second anniversary of the Easter serial-blasts, Colombo Archbishop, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, was quoted as saying that the brutal act was a result of political extremism, not religious extremism . The 2019 attacks were unleashed by a group, which tried to consolidate their political power by using religious extremism as a tool.
Until the good Cardinal explained later that he was referring only to international Islamic extremism, without any relation whatsoever to the nation s contemporary politics, his original statement was prone to misinterpretation and mis-representation. Considering that the Cardinal has been vocal and vociferous in wanting to bring to book all the culprits behind the heinous act, and justifiably so, and multiple political names have been making media headlines in this regard, some over-active social media minds were already speculating and naming
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