Sri Lankan President calls for resignation of Defence Secretary and National Police Chief

Sri Lanka’s president has asked for the resignations of the country’s defence secretary and national police chief after the Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s president has asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and the national police chief after security forces failed to act on warnings before Easter suicide bombings that killed over 350 people.

President Maithripala Sirisena’s office announced that he asked for the resignations on Wednesday.