Sri Lanka's president asks the country's defence secretary and national police chief to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena says the country's security forces will be completely reorganised"within a week."President calls for resignations of top security officials
Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara also said on Wednesday morning that 18 suspects were arrested overnight, raising the total detained to 58.Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday vowed a major shake-up of the military's top brass in the wake of the deadly Easter suicide bombings after the government admitted warnings were ignored.
Ranil Wickremesinghe made the comment on Tuesday at a news conference and said some officials will likely lose their jobs over intelligence lapses surrounding the attack. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday showed foreign diplomats pictures of suspected bombers and gave a briefing to diplomats based in Colombo after the Easter Sunday blasts.The office of New Zealand's prime minister said she is aware of comments linking Sri Lanka's Easter bombings to the mosque attacks in Christchurch, but hasn't "seen any intelligence upon which such an assessment might be based.
"The total now is 45 children who died," UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac told reporters in Geneva. Wijewardene made the comments without providing evidence or explaining where the information came from. A warning shared with Sri Lankan security agencies on April 11 said a local group was planning a suicide terror attack against churches in Sri Lanka.
"Some of the intelligence people saw his picture but they didn't take action," said N M Ameen, the president of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka.Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian national for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, three government and military sources told"The terrorist investigation division of the police arrested a Syrian national following the attacks for interrogation," a source said.
National flags were lowered and people bowed their heads as the silence began at 0300GMT , the time the first of six attacks occurred on Sunday.FBI says it's aiding Sri Lanka investigationAn FBI spokeswoman confirmed the aid on Monday but did not elaborate on what specific help was being offered or provided.
Wickremesinghe said he feared the massacre could unleash instability and he vowed to "vest all necessary powers with the defence forces" to act against those responsible.Sri Lanka's decision to block social media following deadly suicide attacks highlights a growing distrust of online platforms, but critics said the move is likely to restrict the flow of important news and information as well as abusive content.
However, there is conflicting information from Sri Lanka government officials about how many foreigners died in the attacks. The statement also said the president instructed Sri Lanka's security forces to provide additional security at the nation's Catholic churches.A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister, which sparked a crisis last year, came under scrutiny, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack.
A government investigator said on Monday that the coordinated Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers.
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