The official investigation President Maithripala Sirisena appointed on the day of the April 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, tasked with establishing the causes and background of the attacks and any state intelligence failures. Its multi-volume final report, submitted in 2021 after two years of hearings and witness statements, put the confirmed death toll at two hundred sixty nine and recommended criminal proceedings against several senior officials, including the former president, for failing to act on advance intelligence warnings.
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AuthorPresidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks, Government of Sri Lanka 1 PublisherGovernment of Sri Lanka 1 Publication Year Source TypeGovernment commissioned report 1 Assessment
Reliability TierA formal state commission of inquiry with subpoena power, two years of sworn testimony and a published multi-volume report; the official investigative record of the attacks, though its findings on official culpability were themselves publicly contested by some of the officials it named. Sources
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