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2019 Easter Sunday attacks
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- 1Sri Lankan court convicts suspects in 2019 Easter attacks▼Sri Lankan court hands convictions for 2019 Easter terrorist attack
A Sri Lankan court has handed down convictions over the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, in which coordinated bombings of churches and hotels in Colombo and elsewhere killed more than 250 people. The verdict marks a significant step in a long-running legal process that families of victims and religious communities have followed closely for years.
- 2Easter Sunday attack judgment exposes Zahran's terror plot▼Easter Sunday attack judgment exposes Zahran’s terror plot and deadly ideology
A judgment in Sri Lanka over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has laid bare the scale of Zahran Hashim's plot and the deadly ideology that drove it. The coordinated bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people. Coverage of the ruling is renewing focus on how the attacks were planned and radicalisation networks.