Sri Lanka: Former President Maithripala Sirisena quizzed by police for 5 hours after remark on Easter bombings

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Sri Lanka: Former President Maithripala Sirisena quizzed by police for 5 hours after remark on Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena on Monday appeared before the crime investigation department to record a statement on his recent remarks on the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that he was “aware” of the masterminds of the attacks that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians. Sirisena, 72, was president between 2015 January and 2019 November. He had previously denied any knowledge of the attacks on April 21, 2019. Nihal Tha