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It was a retaliation to Christchurch attack: Ruwan

23 Apr 2019 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene in parliament said that the Easter Sunday terror attacks were carried out by an Islamist terrorist group in retaliation to the Christchurch attack in New Zealand.

While admitting that there were weaknesses in the defence system, he said the government would take all necessary action to eradicate all terror groups.  (Yohan Perera & Ajith Siriwardana)