Police told to investigate claims on threat to US Embassy

05 Jul, 2017

The?Police have been instructed to investigate claims of a threat to the US Embassy in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.

He said that a weekend newspaper had reported that there was a threat to the?US Embassy from Islamic State rebels.

The Prime Minister said that the newspaper claims it has information on the threat but yet the?US Embassy is unaware of such a threat.

Wickremesinghe said he had instructed the Police to investigate the media report and if there is such a threat to take appropriate action to protect the Embassy.

The?weekend newspaper had reported that?Islamic State rebels were preparing to hijack a small plane in Colombo and crash it into the Embassy. (Colombo Gazette)

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