2019 Easter terror attack was ‘politically’ driven, claims Cardinal

COLOMBO: The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic church has dropped a bombshell declaring that the 2019 Easter attack was “politically” driven and had nothing to do with religious extremism, according to Economy Next.

Cardinal Malcom Ranjith said those who carried out the April 21 suicide bombings against three churches and three hotels were only pawns manipulated by powerful political forces.

“Our brethren were attack not by (Islamic) religious extremism, but by a group that exploited it to use the attackers as pawns in order to strengthen their political power.”

“What we see in this (Easter Sunday attack) is not religious fanaticism or a love for a religion, but the attempts of certain forces to consolidate their position.”

The Cardinal did not name names at a ceremony at the General Cemetery in Borella to bless a memorial for the victims of the attack, but his remarks resonated with claims of a conspiracy.