ISIL in Sri Lanka - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 06 Oct 2021 23:34:50 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg ISIL in Sri Lanka - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind' over Easter Sunday bombings https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/07/sri-lanka-indicts-isil-mastermind-over-easter-sunday-bombings/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:53:29 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141204 Sri Lankan prosecutors have indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators in the island's worst single "terror" attack. Nearly 300 people including dozens of foreign nationals were killed in the April 21 attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels, in a wave Read more

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind' over Easter Sunday bombings... Read more]]> Sri Lankan prosecutors have indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators in the island's worst single "terror" attack.

Nearly 300 people including dozens of foreign nationals were killed in the April 21 attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels, in a wave of killings singling out Sri Lanka's Christian community.

Prosecutors have brought more than 20,000 charges against the suspects, three of whom have already been accused of "terrorism" by the US Justice Department.

The suspects are in police custody, but one of them did not appear in court on Monday as he was suffering from COVID-19, officials said, adding that hearings will begin on November 23.

Read More

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind' over Easter Sunday bombings]]> 141204