Colombo, July 20, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka sacks top cop over Easter Sunday bombings

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Sri Lanka's independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners. The National Police Commission dismissed Nilantha Jayawardena, then head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), for disregarding prior warnings of an impending attack by Islamic extremists. Court records show that Jayawardena had been alerted to a possible terror strike 17......

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