Sri Lankas ex-police chief, former bureaucrat sentenced to death over Easter Sunday attacks

1 August 2026 · 00:56 1 min read Source: Daily Excelsior

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COLOMBO, Jul 31: Sri Lankas former police chief Pujith Jayasundera and the then top bureaucrat in the Ministry of Defence, Hemasiri Fernando, were sentenced to death on Friday over the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, which killed more than 270 people....

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