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Mohamed Naufar

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Role

Preacher; identified by prosecutors as the ringleader who supported the bombers

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Convicted on all charges in the Easter attacks trial, September 2026; sentenced to 220 years. Pleaded guilty in the Wanathawilluwa explosives case and sentenced to an effective 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment, 26 October 2026

Status

Convicted on 22 September 2026; the 15 convicts were escorted back to prison on 23 September 2026, as reported by News First. Sentenced to a further 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Wanathawilluwa explosives case on 26 October 2026

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• Mohamed Naufar / Convicted on all charges by / Easter attacks trial verdict, 22 September 2026
  • Among those convicted on all charges; prosecutors identified him as the ringleader who provided support to the eight-member squad that carried out the bombings.22 Sep 2026 · Al Jazeera · Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly Easter Sunday bombings
  • Reports that he received a 220-year sentence.23 Sep 2026 · Catholic News Agency (via NC Register) · Sri Lanka Jails 15 for Up to 260 Years Over Easter Sunday Church Bombings
  • Reports that the 15 convicted individuals were escorted back to prison under heavy security at about 2 a.m. on 23 September 2026, and that the court informed them of their right to appeal.23 Sep 2026 · News 1st · Easter Sunday Convict Claims ‘Real Culprits Are Still Free’ After 200-Year Sentence
• United States Department of Justice / Charged with supporting terrorism, January 2021 / Mohamed NaufarAllegation
  • AFP: the department described him as the “second emir” and a recruiter and trainer for Isis in Sri Lanka. He was charged with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation and with helping in military-type training for the Islamic State. The report says all three were in custody in Sri Lanka.9 Jan 2021 · AFP (via The Guardian) · US charges three Sri Lankans over role in 2019 Isis Easter attacks
• Mohamed Naufar / Pleaded guilty and sentenced to 12 years in / Wanathawilluwa explosives case
  • The Colombo Special Trial-at-Bar found Naufar Maulavi and co-defendant Mohamed Ibrahim Saadiq guilty after they pleaded guilty to four charges (numbers 1, 2, 8 and 9 of the indictment) over the illegal possession of a firearm, live ammunition, detonators and other materials used to make explosives. Each was given sentences totalling 48 years, to run concurrently, for an effective 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment.26 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Naufer Moulavi sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment over Wanathawilluwa explosives case
  • Calls him Nowfer Moulavi and says the charges concern collecting firearms and explosives at Lactowatte in Wanathavilluwa in 2018, alongside Zahran Hashim and others; the case entry, based on Ada Derana, gives the year as 2019. It notes he was sentenced to 220 years in September 2026 in the Easter Sunday attacks case.26 Oct 2026 · Newswire · Another 12-year prison sentence for Easter attacks convict Nowfer Moulavi