Colombo: The Sri Lankan cops who wrongly identified an American Muslim woman as a suspect in the deadly bombings has apologised for the goof-up, reported media on Friday. The police on Thursday issued a flyer with the names and photos of six persons— three men and three women— wanted in the attacks that killed 253 people.
On the flyer, a photograph of Amara Majeed (in pic) was put wrongly by Sri Lankan authorities, identifying her as a suspect linked to the bloodshed. The name attached to the picture was Abdul Cader Fathima Khadiya, but the picture was of Baltimore-born Majeed, whose parents are from Sri Lanka.
“I have this morning been FALSELY identified by the Sri Lankan govt as one of the ISIS Easter attackers in Lanka,” she tweeted. “What a thing to wake up to!” “This is obviously completely false and frankly, considering that our communities are already greatly afflicted with issues of surveillance, I don’t need more false accusations and scrutiny,” Majeed wrote on Twitter.
