Sri Lanka ex-president ‘should face charges over 2019 attacks’

Investigation says Sirisena, intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted over 2019 Easter Sunday suicide attacks.

Sri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 279 people, according to an investigation. Sirisena, who left office last year, was found to have been negligent by the investigation he set up five months after the attacks on three hotels and three churches on April 21, 2019. It quickly emerged that Indian intelligence, following a tip-off, had warned Sri Lanka 17 days earlier about the risk of attacks.