President Maithripala Sirisena called on Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at the Archbishop's House today (22).
According to a statement released by the President's Media Division, President Sirisena expressed his, shock, deep pain and dismay over the brutal attacks on places of religious worship and discussed the future steps that should be taken regarding this incident.
During this meeting, the President, expressing his views said that at present the government has taken every possible step to prevent recurrence of these kind of incidents in the country in the future.
President Sirisena further said that he has given instructions to the security forces to provide security at any time it is needed to all religious leaders.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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