COLOMBO , April 22 -- The UN on Tuesday (21) urged Sri Lanka to deliver concrete results after long-running investigations into the2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners.

The UN's top envoy to the country, Marc-Andre Franche, said survivors and families of victims were still waiting for answers, despite multiple probes and renewed political pledges following the formation of a new government in September 2024.

"Public commitments by the government to pursue justice are important and must be welcomed," he said at a remembrance service in Colombo as the nation marked seven years since the bombings on April 21.

"But what matters now is results."

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