Kattankudy Police was not alerted of possible attacks by Zahran

18 Jun, 2019

The Kattankudy Police was not alerted of possible attacks being carried out by Zahran Hashim in April, the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) on the Easter Sunday attacks was told today.

The current and former Officers in Charge (OIC) of the Kattankudy Police were questioned by the PSC today.

It was revealed earlier that there was intelligence information of a likely attack being carried out by a group led by Zahran Hashim in April.

However the Kattankudy OIC said that he was not advised by any authority to be on alert in April before the Easter Sunday attacks.

Zahran Hashim was based in Kattankudy and had a suspected training camp in the area.

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