The high court in Sri Lanka convicted 15 men for plotting the April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that killed ...
The 2019 attacks were the deadliest the country had seen since the end of its civil war.
Sri Lanka's High Court convicted on Tuesday 14 of the 24 men accused of being directly involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday ...
The suicide bombings were the deadliest attacks in the country since the end of its civil war in 2009.
A Sri Lankan court convicted 15 men on Tuesday over their involvement in the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 267 people, and sentenced them each to 200 years in prison, meaning they will spend the ...
Nine people were acquitted, while another defendant was found guilty of only some of the charges, the court said.
The six suicide bombers blew up churches and hotels in April 2019, and 15 accomplices have been convicted of murder and ...
The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
Seven years after coordinated attacks on churches and hotels, a landmark verdict brings lengthy prison terms while wider questions over intelligence failures and responsibility remain. A Sri ...
The Archdiocese of Colombo welcomed the ruling but said those convicted are only part of the case, as a separate probe into alleged state links continues.
The suicide-bombers were led by Zahran Hashim, a preacher from Sri Lanka’s east, who detonated his explosives at the ...
The Colombo High Court has fixed September 22 for its verdict in the main criminal case over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people, including 45 foreign nationals. The bombings were ...