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Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings

22 Sept 2026, 12:29 UTC · 22 independent sources

🚨 SRI LANKA COURT CONVICTS 15 IN EASTER SUNDAY BOMBINGS CASE A court found 15 accused guilty and acquitted nine others. The case concerns the 2019 attacks that killed 279 people. The attacks were the deadliest Sri Lanka had seen since the end of its civil war. Source: BBC, Al Jazeera, The Hindu, NPR, abcnews.com, echo-news.co.uk, northwaleschronicle.co.uk, winnipegfreepress.com, eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk, kvnf.org, thetottenhamindependent.co.uk, newhamrecorder.co.uk, somersetcountygazette.co.uk, wiltshiretimes.co.uk, kgou.org, news.wfsu.org, lankanewspapers.com #SriLanka

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