New Zealand Differs with Sri Lanka over Attacks

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has rubbished reports that the ugly Sri Lanka Massacre responsible for 359 lives was in any way according to their intelligence a retaliation for the deadly shootings on mosques in Christchurch.

Sri Lanka’s government has reiterated its belief the Easter Sunday attacks were inspired by the mosque atrocities in Christchurch.

Sri Lanka’s deputy defense minister Ruwan Wijewardene said their intelligence authorities believe there’s a clear link to Christchurch.

“We believe that this is a reprisal … the Christchurch incident motivated these guys to carry out these blast’s on Easter Sunday [sic],” he said in a press conference today.

Wijewardene’s claims come after it was revealed Sri Lankan security services were warned about a potential terror attack.

Ten days before the Easter Sunday bombings, a top police official warned about an “alleged plan attack” from a radical Islamic extremist.

A member of the National Thowheet Jama’ath group was found using social media to spread “hate speech against non-Muslims” following the Christchurch mosque shootings.