Sri Lankan Church seeks UN-led probe into Easter Sunday bombings cover-up

The local Church in Sri Lanka is calling for an international investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 261 people. Fr. Julian Patrick Perera, a secretary to the legal team of the Archdiocese of Colombo, said that the Church considers finding justice and revealing the truth a national service. The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has also called for an international investigation and questioned the government’s narrative of the attacks. Fr. Perera alleges that there has been no proper investigation and evidence of a cover-up, with key investigators removed from the case.