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Sri Lankan president asks police chief, defence secy to quit

Reuters . Colombo
SLP. This handout photo taken and released by the Sri Lankan President’s Office on 23 April 2019 shows president Maithripala Sirisena (2nd L) visiting St. Sebastian’s church in Negombo, two days after a series of bomb attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP
SLP. This handout photo taken and released by the Sri Lankan President’s Office on 23 April 2019 shows president Maithripala Sirisena (2nd L) visiting St. Sebastian’s church in Negombo, two days after a series of bomb attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defence secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people, two sources close to the president said on Wednesday.

The sources declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter amid accusations within the government of intelligence failures ahead of the attacks.

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