Easter Sunday death toll goes beyond 350

US warns threat in Sri Lanka still remains

EXCLUSIVE: The United States has warned that the terrorist threat in Sri Lanka still remains. Nancy VanHorn, the spokesperson at the US Embassy in Colombo told the Colombo Gazette that the US believes active members of the attack group that carried out the terror attacks on Easter Sunday may still be at large. “As the (US) Ambassador has previously stated and as reflected in our travel advisory, the terrorist threat is ongoing,” the spokesperson said. The United States Government continues to

30 Apr, 2019

Pujith and Hemasiri to be named as suspects in Easter attacks

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando are to be named as suspects in the Easter Sunday attacks. Attorney General Dappula De Livera has directed Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne to produce Jayasundara and Fernando in court over criminal negligence related to the Easter Sunday attacks. Pujith Jayasundara was the IGP at the time of the attacks and Hemasiri Fernando was the Defence Secretary. It was reported

01 Jul, 2019

Court orders to bury Kingsbury suicide bomber’s remains

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the remains of the Kingsbury hotel suicide bomber to be buried at the Borella cemetery. The order was given after the relatives of the bomber refused to accept his remains. The bomber carried out the attack at the Kingsbury hotel on Easter Sunday. Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake ordered the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer to handover the remains of the suicide bomber to the Thimbirigasyaya divisional secretary to be buried at the public cemetery in

18 Sep, 2019