A Sri Lankan court sentences two former security officials to death for their alleged failure to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings. The court convicts former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando, finding that they did not take sufficient action despite warnings about an impending Islamist extremist attack. Multiple reports say prosecutors presented evidence that an Indian intelligence agency warned Sri Lanka on April 4, 2019, about a possible suicide attack. The court’s decision is framed around the officials’ responsibility to respond to that information and prevent attacks that later killed and injured people in Easter Sunday attacks in 2019. The sentencing follows the court’s determination that the men, in their respective roles within Sri Lanka’s security and defence structures, failed to act on the intelligence warning before the bombings occurred. The reports describe the judgment as a death sentence and do not indicate alternative verdicts or lighter penalties for the convicted individuals.