Posted on February 25th, 2021
Courtesy Catholic Herald
Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb 24, 2021 / 01:26 pm MT (CNA).- The Sri Lankan government must release its report on the Easter 2019 terrorist attack on Christian churches and hotels, say Catholic leaders.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo reportedly will not meet with any Sri Lanka politicians due to the delay. He has postponed meetings with Catholic members of parliament in both the government and the opposition, the Sri Lanka newspaper The Island reported, citing sources in the cardinal’s office. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo in his cathedral city, Jan. 13, 2015
Other bishops have also spoken out about the failure to release the report from the presidential inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks, which killed more than 260 people and injured more than 500.
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Security personnel stand guard at St. Anthony s Shrine in Colombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP
Catholics in Sri Lanka are concerned that a presidential commission has failed to identify the real culprits behind the Easter 2019 terror attacks.
The commission’s report was handed to the parliament speaker on Feb. 23 and recommends the attorney general to consider instituting criminal proceedings against former president Maithripala Sirisena and his intelligence chiefs for failing to stop the bombings.
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