New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar today (22) found 15 accused guilty in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of 269 people and injured more than 500 others.



The verdict was delivered as the court concluded the trial concerning the series of coordinated attacks carried out on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, targeting three Catholic churches and three leading hotels in Colombo.



Nine other defendants who had been charged in connection with the attacks were acquitted and released by the court.



The attacks were carried out by nine suicide bombers, including Zahran Hashim, a member of the National Thowheed Jama'ath organization.



The coordinated attac...