Sri Lanka’s ex-police chief sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings

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A Sri Lankan court sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. The ruling was made by a three-judge bench, and Jayasundara has the right to appeal in the Supreme Court.

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