Sri Lanka's Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake admitting that the country suffered due to a gap in sharing of security information and intelligence urged the public to have confidence in the Armed Forces, reports Colombo Page on May 3. Sri Lanka Army suggested the country was targeted in the Easter Sunday bombings because it had neglected its security in the 10 years since the end of the civil war. Mahesh Senanayake further said, “They have gone to India, they've gone to Kashmir, Bangalore, they've travelled to Kerala state. Those are the information available with us”.