Sri Lanka Easter bombings

Deep wounds in Sri Lanka five years since Easter bombings

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Deep wounds in Sri Lanka five years since Easter bombings

The New Wings activists take part in a silent protest demanding justice of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide attack, in Colombo on April 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka marks on April 21 five years since Islamist bombers slaughtered 279 people in the island’s deadliest suicide attack, but grieving families say they are … Read more

No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation … Read more