COLOMBO, Sept 22 — Sri Lanka is set to conclude on Tuesday the trial of 24 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in the island’s history.

The coordinated bombings in April 2019 were carried out at three tourist hotels and three churches, killing 279 people.

Sept. 22 (UPI) --The high court in Sri Lanka convicted 15 men for plotting the April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that killed 279 in churches and hotels. Among those convicted in the ...

Sri Lanka's High Court on Tuesday concluded a five-year-long trial to sentence 15 men to 200 years in prison for orchestrating one of the deadliest attacks in the island nation's history. The 21 April ...

Sri Lanka’s High Court on Sept. 22 handed 220-year jail terms to 15 men convicted of direct involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people. The three-judge bench found that 14 ...

As 15 men are given long prison terms, a father who lost teen daughter wants to know if it was a political conspiracy.

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. Catholic nuns carry portraits of victims of ...

At least 290 people were killed and hundreds more injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka when attackers unleashed an apparently coordinated series of suicide bombings that simultaneously targeted ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan court found 15 men guilty on Tuesday of involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed more than 260 people and wounded about 500. The April 21 attacks ...

The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Sri Lanka's High Court on Tuesday concluded a ...