Pujith Jayasundara

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.

A Sri Lankan court sentenced former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for criminal negligence in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 260 people. The death penalty in Sri Lanka typically results in life imprisonment due to an informal moratorium on executions. Current President Anura Kumara Dissanayake supports maintaining the moratorium.

A Sri Lankan court sentenced former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for criminal negligence in bombings that killed over 260 people.