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| Sri Lanka church seeks UN probe into Easter massacre | |
| 2022-03-08 | |
| [Dawn] The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church on Monday urged the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... to investigate the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, calling the massacre a "political plot".
"The first impression of this massacre was that it was purely the work of a few Islamic krazed killers," Ranjith said. "However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... subsequent investigations indicate that this massacre was part of a grand political plot." The Church has previously suggested that the attacks, which targeted three churches and three hotels in Colombo in April 2019, helped Gotabaya Rajapaksa win the presidential elections in November the same year. The government has not responded to the Church’s accusations. Ranjith, who initially supported Rajapaksa’s election as president, said there were attempts by the government "to harass and intimidate those who clamour for justice". Catholic priests have been summoned and questioned at length by the Criminal Investigations Department over statements critical of the slow progress in investigations. "Nearly three years after the horrendous crime, we are still in the dark as to what really happened on that Easter Sunday," the cardinal said. His address to the UN Council came a week after meeting with the pope. Sri Lanka is on the agenda of the UN’s top rights body at the moment for a separate reason. Related: Sri Lanka: 2022-02-15 Police arrest 6 more primary suspects in Khanewal lynching case Sri Lanka: 2022-02-11 Saudi Arabia Says 12 Hurt in Attack Targeting Airport Near Yemen Sri Lanka: 2021-12-31 U.S. Navy Seizes $4 Million Worth of Heroin in Arabian Sea Related: Colombo: 2021-12-07 Body of Sri Lankan killed by Pakistan mob over alleged blasphemy flown home Colombo: 2021-12-07 Govt to implement 'comprehensive strategy' to curb incidents like Sialkot lynching Colombo: 2021-11-24 SriLankan court begins the trial of 25 men accused of plotting the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people in 2019 Related: Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim: 2021-11-24 SriLankan court begins the trial of 25 men accused of plotting the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people in 2019 Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim: 2021-04-25 Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter attacks Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim: 2019-05-11 Sri Lanka slaps controls on mosques after Easter attacks, DNA test to check dead dude is ringleader | |
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