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A Sri Lankan court is set to rule on Naufer Moulavi, who is accused of masterminding the Easter bomb attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500 in 2019.
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that → publish → 2019
Twenty-three others will also receive verdicts for their involvement in planning and carrying out the co-ordinated suicide bombings.
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others → receive → bombings
The attacks on several locations including several churches holding Easter mass and three luxury hotels was the deadliest attack Sri Lanka had seen since the end of its civil war in 2009.
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Lanka → include → 2009
The associates and relatives of nine suicide bombers are among those facing more than 23,000 charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit terrorism and possessing firearms.
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associates → face → firearms
The prosecution had named Moulavi as the main organiser of the attacks, and had submitted what they said was a voluntary confession to the court where he had admitted his role.
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he → name → role
The court accepted the confession.
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court → accept → confession
However, Moulavi later told the three-judge bench hearing the case that he was not shown what he was signing and rejected the allegations against him.
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he → tell → him
More than 2,300 people gave evidence for the prosecution.
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people → give → prosecution
In the wake of the attacks, Sri Lankan authorities pointed to a "major intelligence lapse".
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authorities → point → lapse
Its parliament heard that a tip-off from India about the attacks was not properly shared with the authorities.
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off → hear → authorities
In 2023, the Supreme Court ordered former president Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions in compensation to the victims of the bombings, after finding him responsible for national security failures that led to the attacks.
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that → order → attacks
Last month, two former senior officials were sentenced to death for criminal negligence that led to the bombings.
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that → sentence → bombings
Death sentences are usually commuted to life in prison in Sri Lanka due to a decades-old moratorium on executions.
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sentences → commute → executions
For years, Sri Lankans have held regular demonstrations demanding justice for the victims of the Easter attacks.
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Lankans → hold → attacks
The verdict on Tuesday comes as a separate investigation on former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay is under way.
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investigation → come → way
Sallay is accused of orchestrating the bombings with Islamist extremists.
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Sallay → accuse → extremists
The allegations echo those aired in a 2023 documentary by British broadcaster Channel 4, which heard whistleblower testimony claiming the attacks were allowed to happen to boost the popularity of the Rajapaksa family, which long dominated Sri Lankan politics.
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Sallay, who was arrested in February, denies the allegations.
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who → arrest → allegations
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was elected months after the 2019 attacks, with a campaign of tackling Islamist extremism has also denied the allegations.
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who → elect → allegations
Rajapaksa, who has been banned from leaving the country, has asked the court to prevent his potential arrest in connection with the ongoing investigations.
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who → ban → investigations
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