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Sri Lanka Officials Sentenced to Death Over Easter Bombings

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Two former Sri Lankan officials, Pujith Jayasundara and Hemasiri Fernando, were sentenced to death for their role in the 2019 Easter bomb attacks. They were found guilty of failing to prevent the Islamic State-inspired bombings that killed over 260 people. The death penalty in Sri Lanka typically means life imprisonment.

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  1. PerthNow avatar

    PerthNow

    RSS / @perthnow.com.au/rss

    Two Sri Lanka ex-officials face death over 2019 bombing A Sri Lankan c...

  2. Televizija N1 avatar

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    Zvaničnici Šri Lanke osuđeni na smrt jer nisu sprečili bombaške napade...

  3. Al Jazeera English avatar

    Al Jazeera English

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    Sri Lanka has sentenced a former police chief and a defence secretary...

  4. Al Arabiya العربية avatar

    Al Arabiya العربية

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    بعد تفجيرات في سريلانكا أوقعت 779 ضحية في 2019.. الحكم بالإعدام لمسؤول...

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