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Sri Lanka convicts 15 people over 2019 Easter Day bombings
Fifteen people have been convicted over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people.
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Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping 2019 Easter bombings.
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