Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings killed 279 people. Fifteen men have been convicted for their roles in the coordinated attacks. The court’s verdict confirms the attacks were the deadliest in the country since the end of its civil war.
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How it was reported
- BBC News·Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings
Co-ordinated suicide attacks killed 270 people across several churches and hotels in Colombo in 2019.
- BBC News·Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over deadly Easter Sunday bombings
The 2019 attacks were the deadliest the country had seen since the end of its civil war.
- Al Jazeera·Sri Lanka court convicts 14 over deadly Easter bombings
This is a breaking news story.
- NPR·Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
- Al Jazeera·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.
- Al Jazeera·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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