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Sri Lankan president asks police chief, defense minister to quit
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- 24 April, 2019
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President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defense secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people. Report informs citing the TASS that two sources close to the president said on Wednesday.
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.
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Şri-Lanka Prezidenti güc strukturlarının rəhbərlərini istefa verməyə çağırıb
Президент Шри-Ланки попросил министра обороны и главу полиции уйти в отставку
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