Senior Deputy Inspector-General Nilantha Jayawardena. - File pic
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.
The National Police Commission dismissed Senior Deputy Inspector-General Nilantha Jayawardena, then head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), for disregarding prior warnings of an impending attack by Islamic extremists.
