Easter Sunday Bombings Trial Verdict
Former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando have been sentenced to death for criminal negligence and failure to act on intelligence warnings ahead of the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. The convictions came after a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, with both officials now imprisoned following the court verdict.
Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando have been taken to prison after being sentenced to death by the Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar over their failure to act on intelligence warnings ahead of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror https://t.co/FdPFeRaCfI
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Former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando to death after they were found guilty of negligence over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. #LKA #SriLanka #EasterSundaybombings https://t.co/DO0xeimFO1
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A special court in #SriLanka has sentenced a former #police chief to DEATH for failing to prevent the 2019 #EasterSunday terrorist attacks 269 people were killed in coordinated suicide attacks on churches and hotels on #Easter Sunday. Local #Islamist groups were blamed. TV2
18 February 2022 ➡️ 31 July 2026 Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were acquitted in the Easter Sunday attacks case in 2022. Following a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, both were convicted and sentenced to death by the Colombo https://t.co/KtqwGS1Nni