Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for Easter bombings

A Sri Lankan court has sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Ministry Secretary Hemasiri Fernando to death for criminal negligence related to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 260 people. The ruling, made by a three-member High Court bench, overturned a previous acquittal. The defendants plan to appeal the decision, arguing they had no motive or connection to the attackers, while a parliamentary committee highlighted failures to act on intelligence warnings prior to the attacks.

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