Sri Lanka's High Court has found 15 people guilty of planning the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500. Nine more accused were acquitted. Among those convicted is Naufer Moulavi, whom the prosecutor's office considered the organizer of this series of terrorist attacks. All the assassins who directly carried out the explosions were killed during the attacks. Coordinated explosions rocked three Christian churches and three luxury hotels in April 2019. 45 foreigners were among the victims. It was the deadliest series of terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war in 2009. In total, 25 people who belong to the country's Muslim minority have been charged in this case. One of the accused died in custody. They were charged with more than 23,000 crimes, including murder, conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, and illegal possession of firearms. During the trial, the prosecutor's office presented more than 2,300 witness statements and 2,076 pieces of physical evidence, including explosives, swords and firearms. The investigation previously linked the attacks to Islamist extremists. After the terrorist attacks, Sri Lankan authorities admitted serious failures in intelligence work. The country's parliament found that the warning sent by India about the threat of attacks was not properly communicated to the relevant authorities. In 2023, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay millions of rupees in compensation to the victims of the terrorist attacks. The court held him responsible for national security failures that preceded the attacks. Last month, two other former high-ranking officials were sentenced to death for criminal negligence leading to terrorist attacks. In practice, death sentences in Sri Lanka are usually commuted to life imprisonment; There is a multi-year moratorium on the execution of the death penalty in the country. For several years, Sri Lankans have held regular protests demanding the identification of the culprits and justice for the victims of the Easter attacks.