US charges three Sri Lankans over role in 2019 Isis Easter attacks
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#5CKEN)
Men accused of recruiting for Isis, killing a police officer and helping to make bombs used in the attacks
The US justice department has charged three Sri Lankans with supporting terrorism for their participation in the Islamic State-claimed Easter attacks on churches and hotels in 2019 that killed 268 people.
The department said the three were part of the Isis in Sri Lanka" group behind the attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels in three cities on the Christian holiday on 21 April 2019. Five Americans were among the dead.
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