Easter Sunday Terror Attack Verdict Today (22)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The verdict in the landmark case filed against 24 accused, including Naufar Maulavi, under 23,270 charges relating to the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, is scheduled to be delivered today.

The Trial-at-Bar of the Colombo High Court fixed today for the delivery of its judgment after concluding hearings in the case on August 24, following proceedings that spanned nearly five years.

The case was heard before a Trial-at-Bar comprising Judges Navaratne Marasinghe, Ramanathan Kannan and Sujeewa Nissanka.

A total of 23,270 charges were filed against the 24 accused, while 2,309 witnesses testified on behalf of the prosecution during the lengthy trial.

One of the accused died while the trial was in progress.

The Attorney General filed the case under the Prevention of Terrorism Act against the 24 accused over allegations of conspiring, aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that targeted churches and tourist hotels in the Colombo, Negombo, Batticaloa areas on Easter Sunday in 2019.