Sri Lanka reabre investigação sobre os atentados de Páscoa de 2019, questionando os papéis de ex-funcionários. Sri Lanka reopens investigation into 2019 Easter bombings, questioning former officials' roles.

O novo governo do Sri Lanka reabriu uma investigação sobre os atentados de domingo de Páscoa de 2019, que mataram 270 pessoas. Sri Lanka's new government has reopened an investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 270 people. A investigação centra-se na cumplicidade de funcionários do Estado, após um documentário do Canal 4 do Reino Unido. The investigation focuses on alleged state officials' complicity, following a UK Channel 4 documentary. O ex-ministro Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan foi questionado pelo Departamento de Investigação Criminal sobre os laços com os ataques. Former minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan was questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department over ties to the attacks. Chandrakanthan negou as alegações e pediu que seu ex-porta-voz, Azad Maulana, fosse investigado. Chandrakanthan denied the allegations and called for his former spokesman, Azad Maulana, to be investigated. O novo governo do Poder Popular Nacional (NPP) tem como objetivo abordar as críticas passadas de que a investigação foi um encobrimento. The new National Peoples' Power (NPP) government aims to address past criticisms that the investigation was a cover-up.