Sri Lanka’s defence secretary resigns over Easter attack, PM Wickremesinghe says police targeting sleeper cells

April 25, 2019 | newswatch24.com | No Comments |

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned Thursday over his failure to prevent the Easter blasts that killed 253 people even as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said authorities were targeting the “sleepers” who could trigger another round of bombings. Authorities also …

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