Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen to resume executions

Sri Lankan prisoners watch a meeting before the release of other prisoners from Colombo's main prison, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 4, 2004.

An official said that 47 male applicants would be interviewed on Wednesday and Thursday, after the government advertised the vacancies in February. "Since there is no living person in Sri Lanka who has carried out an execution, we need to send the new recruits abroad for training," the official, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP news agency, adding that Colombo was also yet to identify a country to provide training.

Sirisena has said that he was inspired by the anti-drug war in the Philippines and was keen to replicate the success of his counterpart Rodrigo Duterte. A Sri Lankan police narcotic bureau officer places a haul of seized cocaine sacks to be destroyed under judicial supervision in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 1, 2019.

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