Sri Lanka Cardinal presses for dismantling of ‘deep state’ over Easter Sunday probe

Nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ), linked to ISIS, carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels on April 21, 2019, killing 258 people, including 11 Indians.

Colombo: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the local Catholic church, on Monday pressed for the dismantling of what he called a “deep state” within Sri Lanka, which he alleged was responsible for preventing a credible investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks…| read more on Deccan Herald