Colombo, June 16, 2026 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ex-leader asks court to stop possible arrest over 2019 attacks

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2026-06-16

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked a court on Tuesday to prevent his potential arrest over the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed 279 people. A Colombo court imposed a foreign travel ban on Rajapaksa this month, along with two military intelligence officers, pending investigations after he was identified as a "person of interest" in the case. Rajapaksa's former intelligence chief, Suresh Sallay, has been detained since......

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