Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings case: Strange twists, convenient targets

In a shocking development with serious ramifications for former elected top leaders, a former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan, has been arrested in connection with the April 2019 serial bomb blasts in the country, which killed nearly 300 people.

The country’s Public Security Minister, Mahinda Wijepala, provided the Sri Lankan parliament with this information on April 10. “No crime will be covered up. Justice must prevail,” the Minister told parliament. “A great deal of evidence has been obtained that links Pillayan to the Easter bomb attacks,” the local media reported, quoting the Minister…| read more on Frontline