Sri Lanka. Fears of a “huge bloodbath” following the dismissal of the Prime Minister

The political crisis in Sri Lanka is likely to degenerate into a “bloodbath”, worried the Speaker on Monday after the disputed dismissal of the Prime Minister replaced by the former strongman of the island. In a surprise decision on Friday, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena removed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from his post. Denouncing his…

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Easter attacks in Sri Lanka. Interpol announces the arrest of one of the main suspects

Interpol announced on Friday June 14 that it had arrested one of the main suspects in the jihadist attacks on luxury hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The attacks killed 258 people. The international organization for police cooperation Interpol announced this Friday, June 14 the arrest and extradition of one of those…

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Attacks in Sri Lanka. Police chief refuses to leave despite president’s injunction

The Inspector General in charge of the Sri Lankan police refuses to resign, despite the appointment of his deputy to his post by the country’s president. This Monday, he still occupied his official residence. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday appointed a new police chief even though his predecessor, dismissed following the jihadist attacks…

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Sri Lankan Defense Ministry’s top official resigns

Hemasiri Fernando, the most senior official in Sri Lanka’s defense ministry, resigned Thursday April 26 following the jihadist attacks that killed 359 people on Sunday. Sri Lanka’s senior defense ministry official resigned Thursday following jihadist attacks that killed 359 people on Sunday, a ministerial source told AFP. Hemasiri Fernando gave his letter of resignation to…

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Sri Lanka. Thousands of people on the streets to support the sacked Prime Minister

Tens of thousands of demonstrators blocked the center of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Tuesday, a show of force by ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in his confrontation with President Sirisena and his sulphurous predecessor Rajapakse. Fired Friday to everyone’s surprise by the president , Maithripala Sirisena, the former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe denounces…

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Sri Lanka. An eighth explosion in Colombo, provisional death toll of 158, including 35 foreigners

The Christian community of Sri Lanka has just been struck by eight explosions, in the midst of the celebration of Easter. A seventh explosion killed at least two people in a Colombo hotel. These explosions caused the death of at least 158 ​​people, according to the police report which remains provisional. 35 foreigners perished in…

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