Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiaratchchi said the country must “be vigilant” due to “talk of local and international investigations” in
Speaking whilst meeting Buddhist monks, Mr Hettiaratchchi said:
“It is not only fighting the terrorists. It is a broad area. What I meant is when there is silence we can assume that some groups are organising themselves. Therefore, we should be vigilant and be ahead.”
“These days there is talk of local and international investigations,” he added. “That’s why we say we have to be alert.”
The defence secretary also accused Indian fishermen of carrying out “economic terrorism”. He went on to state:
“Usually when a thief breaks into the house and few days later we tend to lose attention thinking that he will not break in again. But we do not work in that manner and we work assuming that there can be a threat."
"Security does not mean issues arising from terrorism alone," he added. "It can be even from the sea. The Navy and the Air Force protect these areas. We use new technology.”