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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia Correspondent

Previous Sri Lanka government accused of blocking investigation into Easter bombings

Pink interior dappled with sunlight passing through its damaged roof, with wrecked wooden pews
Soldiers guard the bomb-damaged St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on 21 April 2019. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Accusations are growing that the former Sri Lankan government, led by strongman president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blocked an investigation into the country’s worst terrorist attack amid claims that they had helped orchestrate the blasts in order to return to power.

In the attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019, six suicide bombers targeted churches and luxury hotels across the country, killing 269 people, including eight British tourists.

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