COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekara has condemned the comments made by Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Pervez Khattak on the murder of Priyantha Kumara.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister dismissed the seriousness of the killing of a Sri Lankan by a lynch mob.

He said it was “youthful exuberance” of youth and that it happens all the time.

Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekara said the Pakistan Minister of Defence must apologize to the people of Sri Lanka for those remarks.

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