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rising death count from sri lanka s easter sunday suicide bombings on wednesday the number of lives lost in attacks on churches and who tells rose to three hundred fifty nine the number of injured is now five hundred as sri lankans continue to bury their dead we are seeing the first political fallout from the tragedy the government has admitted that it ignored multiple intelligence warnings about an imminent attack on churches today the president called for both heads of the police and the defense ministry to resign the president maintaining that he was kept in the dark about these security threats but the opposition says that this is not just a case of political dysfunction but rather political fear the opposition leader today told reporters the government did not act on the terror warnings because it did not want to anger muslim leaders and alienate that segment of its voter base or today s most disturbing development has to be what we have learned about the
hello i m terry market good to have you with us the death toll in sri lanka has risen to three hundred fifty nine after a series of suicide bombings on sunday the government has confirmed there were failures to pass on intelligence about possible attacks and says it s taking action over those shortcomings meanwhile sri lanka s defense minister has held a press conference where he announced that dozens more suspects had been arrested over possible links to the attacks investigations are continuing into whether the assailants acted with the help of foreign extremist groups such as the so-called islamic state. well joining me now from colombo is journalist jamila dean earlier today the government there gave a press briefing on the bombings providing more details on the investigation what came out of that briefing. to their money statements of this and he said he had
i bring coffee it s good to have you with us tonight as president is demanding that the country s police and defense chiefs quit for grossly mishandling intelligence relating to those suicide bombings last easter sunday the government has confirmed that information about possible attacks was not passed on to relevant authorities that today the death toll from the suicide bombings rose to three hundred fifty nine investigators saying that they ve identified the bombers and are now looking into whether international extremist groups may have provided support. you know a staggering death toll there for more on what s going on in chile i m joined now on the phone from colombo by journalist. dean good evening to you so meal of the president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and the national police chief is that what the people of sri lankan want to see now.
after her family narrowly escaped the killings. on my life thank you so much for your company everyone showing us president is demanding that the country s police and defense chiefs quit for grossly mishandling intelligence relating to the suicide bombings on easter sunday the government has confirmed that information about possible attacks was not passed on to relevant authorities the death toll has now risen to three hundred fifty nine investigators say they ve identified the bombers and are looking into whether international extremist groups may have provided support. a country on edge sri lankan police carried out a second controlled explosion of a suspicious vehicle on wednesday authorities are now trying to establish how the