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Grenade at Borella Church: Archbishop levels explosive allegation, claims former government and Security Forces planted explosive

01 Aug 2022

  • Alleges Security Forces assaulting ‘suspects’ and forcing confessions    
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has alleged that the hand grenade found in the All Saints' Church in Borella last January was placed there by Security Forces personnel, and that it was directed by “powerful people” in the then-Government. Speaking during a recent mass held for the 150th anniversary of a church in Mutwal, the Archbishop said: "Someone had placed a bomb in the All Saints Church in Borella on 11 January. At that time, the Sacristan of the Church and two or three others were arrested and imprisoned for about a month. However, it was not those people who placed the bomb in the Church. It was planted by personnel attached to the Security Forces." He also claimed that the Security Forces had beaten the arrested suspects and forced them to acknowledge that the hand grenade was placed by them in the Church, adding that they (the Security Forces) had forced the concerned suspects to sign certain documents with regard to the incident. "Until today, there is no investigation regarding this grenade. The people who found it were imprisoned for about a month and then released claiming that there was no evidence. Those people were beaten and signatures were obtained from them by force. No justice was served for them. It was not the poor people, but the powerful people of the then Government who did this, but there is no investigation against them," claimed Archbishop Ranjith. A hand grenade was found in the premises of the All Saints’ Church on the Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha opposite the Welikada Prison in Borella at around 4.40 p.m. on 11 January 2022. The hand grenade was discovered following a tip-off received by the Police and it was later defused by the Police Special Task Force.  Following the incident, two employees of the All Saints Church and another person were arrested by the Police, after which they were placed in remand custody. However, they were later released by the Colombo Magistrate's Court as the Attorney General's Department informed the court that it had been revealed that there had been no connection between the said three suspects and the incident.  

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