A Sri Lankan court sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death on Friday for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners. In a majority decision, a three-judge bench ruled that Jayasundara, 66, had neglected his duties to stop the attacks, which were blamed on a home-grown Islamist extremist group. Another person, Fernando, 76, was also sentenced in the same case. Both men can appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court and have been remanded to judicial custody until bail is granted. Sri Lanka has not carried out a death sentence, leaving the punishment unlikely to be enforced in the near future.