Sri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena named suspect in Easter Sunday attacks

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Maithripala Sirisena named a suspect in a case pertaining to the 2019 Easter terror bombings and directed him to appear in court this October. The Magistrate Court in Colombo's Fort area gave the orders in response to a private plaint filed by Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, a member of the National Catholic Committee for Justice to Easter Sunday Attack Victims.

Published 5 months ago · Sri Lanka

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