Sri Lanka sentences two ex-security officials to death over 2019 Easter bombings
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The court was told that an Indian intelligence agency had warned Sri Lanka on April 4, 2019, of a possible suicide attack by Islamist extremists, but authorities failed to act.
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In a majority decision, a three-judge bench ruled that former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former defence ministry secretary Hemasiri Fernando failed in their duties to stop the deadly attacks, blamed on a homegrown Islamist extremist group.
Jayasundara, 66, and Fernando, 76, can appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court, but have been remanded to judicial custody until granted bail.
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- Jul 31, 2026
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