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Mahakama ya Sri Lanka yawatia hatiani watu 15 kuhusu milipuko ya Jumapili ya Pasaka 2019 iliyoua watu 260
Baada ya kesi iliyodumu miaka mitano, mahakama ya Sri Lanka iliwapata washtakiwa 14 na hatia kwa mashtaka yote na wa 15 na hatia kwa baadhi ya mashtaka yanayohusiana na mashambulizi ya Jumapili ya Pasaka 2019 yaliyoua zaidi ya watu 260. Wengine tisa waliachiliwa huru.
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Mahakama ya Sri Lanka Jumanne iliwatia hatiani watu 15 kwa nafasi yao katika milipuko ya Jumapili ya Pasaka 2019, iliyoua zaidi ya watu 260 na kujeruhi wapatao 500, mojawapo ya mashambulizi hatari zaidi katika historia ya nchi hiyo. Jopo la majaji watatu liliwapata washtakiwa 14 na hatia kwa mashtaka yote, ikiwemo mauaji, njama za kufanya ugaidi, na kumiliki silaha na vilipuzi chini ya Sheria ya Kuzuia Ugaidi. Mshtakiwa wa 15 alipatikana na hatia ya baadhi tu ya mashtaka, huku washtakiwa wengine tisa wakiachiliwa huru.
Hukumu hiyo imetolewa baada ya kesi iliyodumu takriban miaka mitano. Milipuko hiyo iliyochochewa na kundi la Islamic State ililenga makanisa matatu na hoteli tatu kote Sri Lanka wakati wa ibada na sherehe za Jumapili ya Pasaka Aprili 21, 2019, na kuua waumini na watalii sawa, wakiwemo raia wa kigeni 42. Washtakiwa wote katika kesi hii ni wanajamii wa Kiislamu walio wachache nchini Sri Lanka. Hukumu ya adhabu kwa waliopatikana na hatia itatolewa baadaye.
Milipuko hiyo iliharibu jamii kote kisiwani humo na kusababisha operesheni kubwa za usalama, kujiuzulu kwa maafisa waandamizi, na miaka ya uchunguzi kuhusu kushindwa kwa upelelezi kulikoruhusu mpango huo kuendelea licha ya maonyo ya awali. Uamuzi wa Jumanne unaashiria mojawapo ya hatua muhimu zaidi za kimahakama tangu mashambulizi hayo, ingawa familia nyingi za waathiriwa zimesema bado zinatafuta uwajibikaji mpana zaidi kwa mapungufu ya usalama yaliyotangulia mashambulizi hayo.
Key facts
- A three-judge bench convicted 14 defendants on all charges and a 15th on some charges.
- Nine other defendants were acquitted.
- The April 21, 2019 bombings targeted three churches and three hotels.
- More than 260 people were killed, including 42 foreign nationals, and about 500 wounded.
- The trial lasted roughly five years; sentencing will be set at a later date.
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