Islamist bombers hit three churches and three hotels in 2019, killing more than 279 people, but grieving families say they are still awaiting justice.

Islamist suicide bombers hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has claimed that military intelligence personnel collaborated with the Islamists who carried out the assault, which aided the political ambitions of retired army general Gotabaya Rajapaksa,

Over 200 Catholic devotees who lost their lives in the Easter suicide bombings in 2019 would be honoured as heroes of faith, head of the local church Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said here on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka marks five years since deadly Easter bombings, families still waiting for justice amid delays and investigations.

The Catholic church in Colombo expresses dissatisfaction with the Sri Lankan government's investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 270 people, including Indians. Spokesman Fr Cyril Gamini Fernando presented a questionnaire to police linking military intelligence to the local jihadi group responsible for the attacks.

Among the dead were 45 foreigners, including tourists visiting the island a decade after the end of a brutal ethnic conflict that had claimed more than 100,000 lives since 1972