カテゴリー: Sri Lanka attacks
The 2019 attacks killed 269 people, but investigators say search for answers obstructed under ex-president Gotabaya RajapaksaAccusations are growing that the former Sri Lankan government, led by strongman president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blocked an invest…
This chilling Dispatches documentary reports on the aftermath of 2019’s apparently random terrorist attack, and alleges unpalatable truthsOn Easter Sunday 2019, six suicide bombings hit Catholic churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 269 peop…
Supreme court finds top government, police and intelligence officials were responsible for ‘failing to prevent’ bombingsThe supreme court in Sri Lanka has ordered the former president Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions in compensation to the victims …
Government criticised for delay as suspects face charges relating to 269 deaths 30 months after attacksThe trial has begun of the 25 men accused of masterminding the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed almost 300 people when churches and lu…
Men accused of recruiting for Isis, killing a police officer and helping to make bombs used in the attacksThe US justice department has charged three Sri Lankans with supporting terrorism for their participation in the Islamic State-claimed Easter atta…
As the anniversary of the bombs that shook the country looms, survivors working to build harmony face multiple challengesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA year on from the Easter bombs that killed more than 250 people, Sri L…
The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks all but destroyed the island’s tourism industry. In the southern city of Galle, locals now seek their own Trump or ModiAsiri Kumara stands on Koggala Beach with a fishing rod in his hand forlornly staring at the Indi…