Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack threat before blasts
PTI, Apr 21, 2019, 1:21 PM IST
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday’s bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit “prominent churches”, according to the warning seen by AFP.
Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat.
At least 129 people were killed in six bomb attacks Sunday that included three churches.
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