By LiCAS.news
THE Catholic Church in Sri Lanka on Thursday welcomed the arrest of a former intelligence chief in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and urged authorities to allow investigators to proceed without political interference.
Retired Major General Suresh Sallay was arrested Wednesday, becoming the most high-profile official detained in the long-running probe into the coordinated attacks that killed 279 people and wounded more than 500.
Nine suicide bombers carried out the Apr 21, 2019, bombings, targeting two Roman Catholic churches, an evangelical Protestant church, and three luxury hotels. The attacks crippled the island’s tourism industry and intensified political tensions in the aftermath.
Church spokesman Father Cyril Gamini Fernando described the arrest as a critical development in efforts to uncover the alleged conspiracy behind the attacks.
“If the current investigations by the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) are allowed to continue without political interference, we will soon uncover the conspiracy,” Fernando told reporters.
He said investigators had questioned more than 100 people so far, but added that the latest arrest could prove decisive.
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