Ua hoʻolōʻihi aku ka Pelekikena o Sri Lankan ʻo Maithripala Sirisena i ka Pōʻakolu i ka mokuʻāina kūpilikiʻi e kekahi mahina. Kau ʻia ke ana ma hope koke iho o nā pōkā o ka lā Sabati Easter Islamist i luku ʻia 258 mau kānaka.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha a ka pelekikena i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ka pilikia, kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka mana nui i nā pūʻali palekana e hopu a hoʻopaʻa i nā mea kānalua no nā wā lōʻihi, e hoʻomau no 30 mau lā, e kuhikuhi ana i ka "palekana lehulehu."
Ua hoʻokau mua ʻo Sri Lanka i ka ulia pōpilikia e hōʻoki i nā jihadist kūloko i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no nā pōkā o ʻApelila 21 i hoʻokumu ʻia i ʻekolu hale pule a ʻekolu mau hōkele maikaʻi.
ʻEkolu mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻomake hoʻomake ʻana, hoʻomaka nā haunaele anti-Muslim i kahi panalāʻau ʻākau o ke kapikala i kahi hopena i kūʻē i nā hoʻouka kaua.
ʻO nā Kristiano he 7.6 pakeneka a me nā Mahometa he 10 pakeneka o ka hapanui Buddhist Sri Lanka.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻEkolu mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻomake hoʻomake ʻana, hoʻomaka nā haunaele anti-Muslim i kahi panalāʻau ʻākau o ke kapikala i kahi hopena i kūʻē i nā hoʻouka kaua.
- Ua hoʻokau mua ʻo Sri Lanka i ka ulia pōpilikia e hōʻoki i nā jihadist kūloko i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no nā pōkā o ʻApelila 21 i hoʻokumu ʻia i ʻekolu hale pule a ʻekolu mau hōkele maikaʻi.
- The president's proclamation said the emergency, which gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects for long periods of time, would continue for another 30 days, citing “public security.
