Colombo. Two former high-ranking Sri Lankan security officials, sentenced to death on Friday for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, will appeal their sentences, their lawyer said on Saturday.Former Defence Ministry Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara were sentenced to death by a three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court on Friday by a 2-1 majority.In the attacks blamed on indigenous Islamic extremists, 279 people were killed, including 45 foreigners, and more than 500 were injured.Their lawyer, Chaminda Athukorale, said the appeal would be filed in the Supreme Court within two weeks. Two former officials sentenced...