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

Sri Lanka Easter attacks | Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena named suspect

Mr. Sirisena asked to appear in Colombo court in October

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

The former president was earlier held as responsible for the attack by a probe panel he was forced to appoint following pressure from the Catholic Church and the relatives of the victims.

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

Sirisena, 71, will now have to appear in court on October 14

Sri Lanka's former president Sirisena named suspect in 2019 Easter bombings

On April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 270 people.

Ex-Sri Lanka Prez Sirisena suspect in 2019 Easter bombings that killed 269

Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena named a suspect in 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

2019 Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Blasts: Court Names Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena as Suspect

A Sri Lankan court named former president Maithripala Sirisena as a suspect in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings case. A magistrate’s court in Colombo directed the former president to appear in court on October 14. The court summoned the former president following a private plaint related to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.