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Promise Kept
Easter Sunday Attacks
“According to the pledge announced by the National People’s Power on 17.04.2023, appropriate legal actions will be taken against the politicians and public officials who were found guilty by the verdicts of the Supreme Court for the Easter Sunday attack.” [pg 113]
- Under direct instructions from President Anura Kumara Disanayake, the final report and all accompanying volumes of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks were formally submitted on 20th April 2025 to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). (President’s Office)
- This process had also been carried out by the previous government, raising the question as to why it was repeated.
- The CID questioned the police intelligence officer under the alias ‘Sonic Sonic’. (Sri Lanka Brief)
- Retired Major-General Suresh Sallay was arrested for conspiracy and aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday attacks. He was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act. (PTA) (aljazeera)