Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and national police chief for their failure to prevent the Sunday Easter bombings, even as the death toll rose to 359.
President Maithripala Sirisena asked defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara to quit after it emerged that security forces shrugged off intelligence alerts of an impending terror strike. In an address to the nation on Tuesday, Sirisena had admitted security lapses and said he would restructure the police and security forces.
Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and national police chief for their failure to prevent the Sunday Easter bombings, even as the death toll rose to 359.
President Maithripala Sirisena asked defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara to quit after it emerged that security forces shrugged off intelligence alerts of an impending terror strike. In an address to the nation on Tuesday, Sirisena had admitted security lapses and said he would restructure the police and security forces.
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