Introducing a tough new legislation to eliminate jehadism and extremism from Sri Lanka is the Government’s top priority, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said in the aftermath of country’s worst terror attacks.
The deadly attacks could have been prevented if the new Counter Terrorism Bill, which provides for territorial jurisdiction, was passed in Parliament without delay, he said on Sunday after joining the Sunday Mass in Colombo and the mass at the Saint Anthony’s church in Kochchikade, a week after the deadly suicide bombing killed over 250 people.
