COLOMBO: 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. Suicide bombers struck three luxury hotels and three churches on April 21, 2019, killing 279 people including 45 foreigners. Investigators blame the attack on a homegrown Islamist extremist group. One of 25 men indicted over alleged involvement in the attack — all from Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority — has died in
Sri Lanka to issue verdict in landmark Easter attack trial
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