Sri Lanka Easter attacks: Court finds 15 guilty over deadly bombings - BBC

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Ishara Danasekara , BBC Sinhala and Kumudu Jayawardana , BBC Sinhala AFP via Getty Images Dozens of police and commandos were deployed to the courtroom before the verdicts were announced Sri Lanka's High Court has given long jail sentences to 15 men charged with plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500.

Those found guilty include Naufer Moulavi, who prosecutors said masterminded the suicide bombings. Nine other men were acquitted.

The co-ordinated blasts at three churches and three luxury hotels were the deadliest in Sri Lanka since the end of its civil war in 2009. Forty-five foreigners were among the dead.