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The Colombo Excessive Court docket Trial-at-Bar in the present day (September 22) discovered 15 defendants responsible in the primary case over the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist assaults, whereas 9 others have been acquitted and launched.
The decision was delivered by the three-judge Trial-at-Bar comprising Judges Navaratne Marasinghe, Ramanathan Kannan and Sujeewa Nissanka.
The case was filed in opposition to 24 accused, together with Naufar Maulavi, over their alleged involvement within the Easter Sunday terrorist assaults that focused church buildings and inns throughout Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019.
A complete of 23,270 prices, together with conspiracy and aiding and abetting the assaults, have been filed within the case.
The 15 defendants discovered responsible are:
- Mohamed Naufar Maulavi
- Mohamed Shareef Adam Lebbe (Gafoor Mama)
- Hayathu Mohamed Ahamed Milhan
- Mohamed Ibrahim Sadik Abdullah
- Mohamed Ibrahim Sahid Abdul Haq
- Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Rizkan
- Mohamed Mansoor Mohamed Sanasdeen
- Abdul Manaf Mohamed Firdous
- Mohamed Rameez Mohamed Sajith
- Abdul Latheef Mohamed Shafi
- Husseinul Rizwi Khalid Sameer
- Mohamed Hanifa Zainul Abdeen
- Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Haris
- Rasik Raza Hussen
- Kachchi Mohamed Mohamed Jemsith
The 9 defendants acquitted and launched are:
- Mohamed Sawahir Mohamed Hassan
- Mohamed Ifthikar Mohamed Insaf
- Rasheed Mohamed Ibrahim
- Zainul Abdeen Mohamed Jaseem
- Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Rizwan
- Meera Sahib Mohamed Nafli
- Mohamed Ameer Mohamed Ayathulla
- Mohamed Ansardeen Mohamed Ilmi alias Ilmi
- Mohamed Akram Ahakkam
The data regarding the case additionally states that the seventeenth accused, Yaseem Bawa Abdul Rauff, has died.
The trial lasted for almost 5 years and concluded on August 24, 2026.
A complete of two,309 witnesses testified for the prosecution through the proceedings, highlighting the dimensions of one of many largest and most complicated prison trials in Sri Lanka’s historical past.
The sentences in opposition to the 15 convicted defendants are scheduled to be introduced later in the present day.
