Bomb threat in leading 5 star hotels and several places in Colombo are false
Posted on August 6th, 2021
Jamila Husain and Dharshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Posts claiming that there is a bomb threat in two leading five-star hotels in Colombo and in places in Bambalapitiya, Wellawatta, Mirihana, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala are completely false and people have been urged not to panic, the Police told Daily Mirror a short while ago.
Army Commander General Shavendra Silva also confirmed that these reports were false and the panic had spread as a result of a post, which had circulated on social media, soon after the Easter attacks in 2019, being re-edited and circulated once again.
Police said an investigation had already been launched into the incident.