Police says did not receive report on ISIS threat on US Embassy

2 July 2017 01:01 pm

Commenting on the rumours of an alleged attack of ISIS on the US Colombo Embassy, the Police said that they did not receive such reports.

It was also reported that a group of US Intelligence officers had arrived in Sri Lanka to probe on the said plot.

Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said that they were unaware about such a plot. However, he said the intelligence unit might have received such information.

When contacted Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), its Spokesman Group Captain Gihan Seneviratne said that they were aware about the media reports but refused to comment. However the security at the Ratmalana Air Base has been tightened, it’s learned.