斯里兰卡高等法院就2019年复活节爆炸袭击案作出重要判决，415名男子被判有罪，2另有9人被无罪释放。4被判有罪者包括据称策划自杀式爆炸的瑙弗·穆拉维。4法院对15名被告判处无期徒刑，2每人刑期至少200年。5
这场发生在2019年4月21日的系列爆炸事件造成严重伤亡。5死亡人数为267至279人，56超过500人受伤。4袭击针对三座教堂和三家酒店的自杀式炸弹袭击，5造成45名外国人丧生，4其中包括澳大利亚公民。26这是斯里兰卡内战结束以来最致命的袭击，被认为系伊斯兰国灵感的恐怖活动。5
控方在审理中提交了超过2300名证人和2076份证据。34被告面临超过23000项控罪，包括谋杀、策划恐怖主义阴谋和非法持有枪支等罪名。34此前，两名前高级官员因刑事过失被判死刑，342023年最高法院还判令前总统马伊特里帕拉·西里塞纳向受害者支付数百万赔偿金。34
A Sri Lankan court has delivered guilty verdicts against 15 men involved in the devastating Easter Sunday bombings of 2019 24. The attacks, which occurred on April 21, 2019, targeted three churches and three hotels through coordinated suicide bombings inspired by the Islamic State 5. The assault resulted in between 267 and 279 deaths and injured over 500 people 3456, making it one of the deadliest terror attacks in Sri Lanka's history.
The convicted individuals have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, with each receiving sentences exceeding 200 years in jail 5. The prosecution had presented evidence from over 2,300 witnesses and 2,076 pieces of evidence in bringing the case against the defendants, who faced more than 23,000 separate charges including murder, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and illegal weapons possession 34. Among those convicted was Naufer Moulavi, who was accused of orchestrating the suicide bombings 34. Additionally, nine other defendants were acquitted in the verdict 4.
The legal proceedings represent a significant milestone in Sri Lanka's response to the attack. In related developments, the Supreme Court ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions in compensation to victims in 2023 34, and two former senior officials were sentenced to death last month on charges of criminal negligence related to the bombings 34.
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