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4 hours agoSri Lanka's former intelligence chief arrested over 2019 Easter attacks
Retired Major-General Suresh Sallay was taken into custody at dawn in a suburb of the capital, police said on Wednesday. He was arrested for conspiracy and aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday attacks, an investigating officer told the AFP news agency. Sallay, who was promoted to State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief in 2019 after Gotabaya Rajapaksa became president, had been accused of involvement in the coordinated suicide bombings.
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