Sri Lankan police arrest the country's police chief and former defence secretary over Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people
A soldier stands guard outside the Grand Mosque, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 26, 2019.
Attorney General Dappula de Livera ordered their arrest on Monday and urged the acting police chief to bring charges against the two, including for "crimes against humanity." "Police will report facts regarding the arrest to the Colombo chief magistrate in a while," Gunasekera told Reuters.
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