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

Sri Lanka’s ex-police chief Pujith Jayasundara was sentenced to death for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners. A three-judge bench ruled he failed in his duties, and he can appeal to the Supreme Court, though Sri Lanka does not carry out death sentences.

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