Sri Lanka Easter bombings court verdict 2026
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Sri Lankans react to 2019 bombings court ruling
110 people were killed at St Sebastian's Church in the Katuwapitiya area of Negombo.
Suresh Salley was arrested in February and is being treated in hospital while under police custody.
Nine accused were acquitted of all charges and one accused died during the trial.
Sri Lanka convicts 15 people over 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
There is scrutiny over whether officials failed to act on intelligence warnings before the attacks.
The verdict comes amid continued scrutiny over intelligence warnings received before the attacks.
Fifteen people were convicted over Sri Lanka's 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.
Sri Lanka Easter bombings verdict: 15 guilty
A 15th defendant was found guilty of only some of the charges.
Naufer Moulavi was one of the 14 defendants found guilty of all charges by the court.
At least 450 people were injured in the bombings.
Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
The 15 defendants were each given prison terms ranging from 200 to 260 years.
The 2019 Easter Sunday bombings killed 270 people according to BBC News.
The court ordered the confiscation of all movable and immovable assets of the convicted men.
Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings
Investigators blame the attack on a homegrown Islamist extremist group.
The court accepted the confession.
The co-ordinated suicide attacks targeted multiple locations including several churches holding Easter mass and three luxury hotels.