“Seven years after the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka continues to live not only with the grief of that day, but also with the unresolved struggle over how the tragedy is remembered, interpreted, and politically used.”

“Recent warnings about online comments glorifying Zahran Hashim and references to “terrorist iconography” raise an important concern.”

“The Easter attacks have become more than a criminal atrocity requiring truth and justice.”

“It is suggested that post-attack failures included intelligence warnings allegedly missed, failures of coordination, unanswered questions, public distrust, and years of competing claims.”

“The author is a former senior law enforcement officer and national security analyst, with over four decades of experience in policing and intelligence, including serving as Head of Counter-Intelligence at the State Intelligence Service of Sri Lanka and a graduate of the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies in Hawaii, USA”