Former Sri Lankan officials sentenced to death over 2019 bombings
Sri Lanka’s former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former senior defence official Hemasiri Fernando were sentenced to death on Friday over the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people, local media reported.
The two former officials were acquitted of the same charges by a three-judge High Court bench in 2022.
A special court known as the Permanent Trial-at-Bar found the pair guilty on multiple charges, including failing to prevent the attacks despite prior intelligence warnings, criminal dereliction of duty, murder and attempted murder, local broadcaster Ada Derana reported.
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