Sri Lanka's Christian clergy seek actions from government in 2019 Easter attack case

Jul 14, 2021, at 11:46 pm

Christian clergy in Sri Lanka have written a letter to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapksa demanding answers and action in the 2019 Easter Sunday attack which killed 259 people, mostly minority Christians, in the country. They have given a month’s time to the government to take action against those responsible for the bombings.

Sri Lankan cardinal, who claimed Easter attacks political plot, makes U-turn

Apr 21, 2021, at 12:13 am

Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith retracted his earlier statement where he had claimed that the 2019 Easter attacks were used by a group of influential people to grab power in the country.

All leading suspects for Easter attacks nabbed, says Sri Lanka President

Jun 26, 2019, at 07:45 pm

Colombo, Jun 26 (Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the security situation in the island country as all leading suspects involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had been apprehended or killed.

Security shake-up in Sri Lanka as attack toll rises to 359, bodies of 5 Indians sent back

Apr 24, 2019, at 11:10 pm

Colombo, Apr 24 (UNI): As a special flight brought back to Karnataka the bodies of Indian victims killed in the Easter bombings in the island nation, President Maithripala Sirisena asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and national police chief.