Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Today marks the solemn sixth anniversary of the horrific Easter Sunday attacks that struck Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019.

On that tragic day, suicide bombers targeted three Catholic and Christian churches - St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, St. Sebastian's Church in Katuwapitiya, and Zion Church in Batticaloa - as well as three luxury hotels in Colombo, claiming the lives of 269 individuals.

Subsequent investigations confirmed that an Islamic extremist group was responsible for the bombings. Further explosions also occurred at a housing complex in Dematagoda and a lodging in Dehiwala.

A significant finding from later inquiries highlighted a grave failure: despite advance intelligence warnings, effective preventa...