“Sri Lanka’s lawmakers organized a “select committee” in 2019 to investigate the attacks and explore if the Sirisena government could have prevented them. The committee revealed in May of that year that Indian officials had warned that the Islamic State was interested in killing Christians in Sri Lanka.”
“A letter was received by my office on April 7 issued by the SIS, titled ‘Information of an alleged plan of attack’ which contained details of a possible bomb threat,” former Sri Lankan State Intelligence Service (SIS) head Sisira Mendis told the committee. “It was a Sunday and when I reported to work on Monday morning (April 8) I read it and was seeking a chance to talk about it with Defense Secretary.”