A view of damage at St Sebastian Catholic Church, a day after bomb blasts hit churches and luxury hotels on Easter Day, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2019. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to provide full compensation of 100 million Sri Lankan rupees to the victims of the terrorist attack. 2019 Easter Sunday bombings He 270 people including 11 Indians were killedduring his tenure.
Mr Sirisena (72) was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay Shs100 million as compensation to the victims for his negligence in preventing the damage to the country’s people. One of the worst terrorist attacks Despite having credible information of the impending attack, his lawyers said the full payment of 100 million SLR had been completed on 16 August.
Nine suicide bombers belonging to local people Islamic extremist group National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) executed an ISIS-linked terrorist. Series of devastating explosions Nearly 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed and over 500 injured in the attack on three Catholic churches and several luxury hotels on April 21, 2019. Mr Sirisena was also the Defence Minister at the time.
The attacks kicked up a political storm, as then-President Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe were accused of being unable to prevent the attacks despite having prior intelligence.
In mid-July, Mr. Sirisena told the court that he had already paid SLR 58 million and asked for six months to pay the remaining SLR 42 million. The presidential probe panel appointed by Mr. Sirisena after the attacks ironically found the then president guilty of his failure to prevent the attacks.