Sri Lanka: President Sirisena Asks Police Chief, Defence Secretary to Resign

More than 350 people were killed in the attacks on Sunday.

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defence secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people, two sources close to the president said on Wednesday.

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The sources declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter amid accusations within the government of intelligence failures ahead of the attacks.