Sri Lanka's Defence Chief Resigns Over Suicide Bomber Attacks

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Sunday's suicide bombings on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka killed at least 359 people and injured roughly 500.

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando has stepped down, taking responsibility for the Easter deadly terror attacks on the country, Reuters reports.

According to the minister, Sri Lankan security agencies were actively responding to the advance warning they had received about the possibility of attacks. "We were working on that. All those agencies were working on that," he was quoted as saying.

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has earlier asked for the resignation of Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara.


The government conceded that there had been a "colossal failure in the communication of this intelligence" to the agencies who could have taken measures to prevent what happened.

A series of explosions ravaged Sri Lanka on Sunday, targeting several churches and hotels in the country's capital Colombo and other cities. According to media reports, the attacks have claimed the lives of at least 359 people, while over 500 have been injured and hospitalised.

Daesh claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on 23 April, but the country's government had blamed them on a local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), with Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene suggesting that the rampage was a response to the mosque shooting in New Zealand's Christchurch, which targeted Muslims.

*Daesh (aka IS/ISIS/Islamic State) is a terror group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.


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Level of ethics and admission of failure by the highest seat... idhar tu 70,000 mar gayee, OBL raid hogaye, GHQ pe hamlay hogaye, Drone attacks hotay rahay, Kamra attack se laykar Gareeb koom kay paisay say kareday gaye million dollars kay AWACS damage kardiye 2-4 kutay biloon nay akar, Salala hogaya majaal kise eek ko sharam aye hoo yaan resign daykar dafa huwa hoo... ye tu shukar Raheel Sharif nay akar sari policy reverse kardi aur Bajwa nay keench kar rakha huwa hay warna pehlay tu ye haal ye tha “America aye tu koi masla nahi India aye tu taangain toordengay” shukar hey ub policy brarbar hey sab kiliyee

 

[Jf Thunder]

keeping in view how the people of New Zealand showed solidarity with the Muslims of ChristChurch
can the Muslims do the same, give hugs to the Christian and wear the cross for a day?

 

[DarkSeid]

Spineless President and Western Puppet PM should resign too.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

Any Culprit related to tragic attack , either directly or indirectly should be accounted for and get punished

 

[WarKa DaNG]

I heard that defence minister already knew about it

 

[BRAVO_]

it was a very sad incident .... my sympathies are with the victims and the their families ...

 

[PurAzamBaHadaf]

keeping in view how the people of New Zealand showed solidarity with the Muslims of ChristChurch
can the Muslims do the same, give hugs to the Christian and wear the cross for a day?

They can do all of the above except wear the cross because we don't believe in it. Yes, you can enter their churches and pray for them but to say we wear the cross is going against Islam.

 

[Imran Khan]

still more honorable then pakistani officials

 

[Tom M]

Spineless President and Western Puppet PM should resign too.

Ain't your president the head of Defense ministry ??? If so, he should be the one to resign taking the moral responsibility. Else the public should force him to.

 

[Jf Thunder]

They can do all of the above except wear the cross because we don't believe in it. Yes, you can enter their churches and pray for them but to say we wear the cross is going against Islam.

well, the New Zealanders wore the Hijab and stuff.
and showed solidarity with the Muslims of New Zealand

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

well, the New Zealanders wore the Hijab and stuff.
and showed solidarity with the Muslims of New Zealand

Showing off means nothing.

 

[PurAzamBaHadaf]

well, the New Zealanders wore the Hijab and stuff.
and showed solidarity with the Muslims of New Zealand

solidarity can be shown in many ways while remaining in the realms of your religion. You don't have to commit shirk just to show you care about the people who died. Instead, make sure you pray for them, stand side-by-side and condemn these attacks is more than enough and if you want to do more, then do charity and spread the actual deen, which these terrorists seem to tarnish with their actions.

 

[Jf Thunder]

Showing off means nothing.

the love New Zealanders showed was not showing off
it was genuine concern

solidarity can be shown in many ways while remaining in the realms of your religion. You don't have to commit shirk just to show you care about the people who died. Instead, make sure you pray for them, stand side-by-side and condemn these attacks is more than enough and if you want to do more, then do charity and spread the actual deen, which these terrorists seem to tarnish with their actions.

yeah, no wonder the whole internet Muslims were crying like idiots, begging the world to acknowledge them. It was only after the New Zealanders wore Hijab, went to Masjids, gave them hugs (I can go on and on) that the Muslims around the world started to quiet down

 

[crankthatskunk]

Spineless President and Western Puppet PM should resign too.

Grab the torch and shed some light.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

the love New Zealanders showed was not showing off
it was genuine concern

yeah, no wonder the whole internet Muslims were crying like idiots, begging the world to acknowledge them. It was only after the New Zealanders wore Hijab, went to Masjids, gave them hugs (I can go on and on) that the Muslims around the world started to quiet down

It was show off, genuine concern of the consequences that might have faced otherwise. Your pretty naive arent you? Well don't show it, if you are. Cheers