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Fifteen guilty in 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: What the verdict says
The suicide bombings were the deadliest attacks in the country since the end of its civil war in 2009.
![Security personnel stand guard outside Colombo High Court after escorting the accused involved in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attacks of 2019, during the verdict in the trial in Colombo on September 22, 2026 [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260922__C8Y23ZA__v1__HighRes__SriLankaCourtBombings-1-1790081999.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Pope asks Sri Lanka to reveal identity of Easter Sunday attackers
Pope Francis urges country to name bombers behind 2019 attacks that the Catholic Church suspects was a conspiracy.
‘A curse’: Three years since Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka
Protesters in Colombo demand justice on the third anniversary of devastating attacks in several churches and hotels.
Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter bombings
Protesters criticise a lack of progress in finding those responsible for deaths of more than 260 people in the bombings.
Tourism in Sri Lanka: One step forward, two steps back
A spiralling economic crisis is hurting tourism, a key source of dollars that had barely revived after three bad years.
Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe into 2019 Easter bombings
Head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church tells UNHCR the massacre now appears to be ‘a grand political plot’.
Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
Sri Lankan court begins the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people.
![A Navy personnel stands guard as Sri Lankan Catholics take part in a 'Black Sunday' demonstration outside the Saint Anthony's church in Colombo [File: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94G2CH.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings
Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind of the 2019 suicide bombings, along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators.
Talks on 2019 blasts require Sri Lankan gov’t credibility: Church
Roman Catholic leader says government must win back church’s confidence before talks on probe into blasts can proceed.
![Catholic priests and nuns march while holding images of the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings, next to St. Sebastian's Church in Katuwapitiya, Sri Lanka [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-21T154021Z_555425854_RC2F0N9EQJYF_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-BLAST-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lanka files charges against 25 Easter Sunday bombing suspects
Attorney general asks chief justice to appoint a special three-member high court bench to hear the cases speedily.
![The April 2019 attacks singled out three churches and three hotels [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-03-07T062201Z_615090015_RC266M92XCOS_RTRMADP_3_SRI-LANKA-BLAST-PROTEST.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sri Lanka probes spy agencies over Easter bombings claims
President orders investigation into allegations that some intelligence officials met people who carried out 2019 attack.
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