Sri Lanka orders fresh probe into Easter suicide bombings
Sri Lanka's president Maithripala Sirisena said the new commission has wide judicial powers to gather evidence on the Easter Sunday bombings (AFP Photo/PRAKASH SINGH)/ A fresh inquiry into the Easter suicide bombings that hit Sri Lanka killing at least 258 people was ordered by president Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday, after concerns from the Catholic Church that current probes are not independent. The government has blamed a local jihadi group, the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) for the April 21 attacks on three churches and three ...
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