‘Partial satisfaction’: Sri Lankans hail 2019 bombings ruling with a caveat

Colombo, Sri Lanka – On the morning of April 21, 2019, tuk-tuk driver Indika Rohan took his wife and daughter to the local church for the Easter Sunday mass.He dropped them outside St Sebastian’s Church in the Katuwapitiya area of Negombo, a scenic Christian-majority town north of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly Easter Sunday bombingslist 2 of 4Fifteen guilty in 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: What the verdict sayslist 3 of 4Two ex-Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombingslist 4 of 4Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief arrested over 2019 Easter attacksend of listAs he went back to his tuk-tuk parked near the church, he heard a huge explosion.A suicide attacker had detonated himself inside the church in a coordinated attack inspired by the ISIL (ISIS) group in two other churches and three luxury hotels across Sri Lanka, killing 279 people, including 45 foreigners, and injuring more than 500 others.It was Rohan’s last ride with his 13-year-old daughter, Kanishka Hirushi, who was among 110 people killed at St Sebastian’s Church. His severely injured wife, Nilanthi Pushpakumari, 5...