Sri Lanka’s High Court has convicted 15 of the 24 men accused of involvement in the deadly Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners, in 2019.
A three-judge panel on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, found 14 defendants guilty of all charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and possession of firearms and explosives under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Another defendant was convicted on only some of the charges, while nine others were acquitted. The trial lasted five years.
The accused are members of Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim community. Twenty-five men were initially charged, but one died while in custody.
Among those convicted on all charges was Mohamed Naufar, whom prosecutors identified as a key organiser who supported the eight-member group that carried out the attacks.
The court said sentencing would take place later on Tuesday.
The coordinated bombings on April 21, 2019, targeted three luxury hotels and three churches in Sri Lanka, including two Catholic churches and one Protestant church. More than 500 people were injured.
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church welcomed the convictions, with priest Jude Fernando saying the verdict represented justice for the victims.
The attacks prompted investigations into whether security and intelligence officials failed to act on prior warnings about the planned bombings. A parliamentary committee previously found that authorities had received intelligence warnings but failed to take adequate action.
Two former senior officials were also sentenced to death in July for failing to respond promptly to foreign intelligence warnings about the attacks.
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