Sri Lanka defence agencies vigilant over possible extremist group in East

Sri Lanka’s defence agencies are staying vigilant over intelligence information of an extremist group operating from the East, Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said.

The Cabinet Spokesman’s comments come after a weekend media report with comments from the Minister of Public Security over an extremist group from the Eastern town of Kalmunai.

“At the moment, we have information that there is a group operating based in the Eastern Province,” Jayatissa, also Media and Health Minister, told reporters on Tuesday (4) at the weekly post-cabinet media briefing.

“The intelligence and security agencies are in the process of unearthing more information regarding that. At the moment we can say the security agencies are vigilant about their activities.

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