Muslim brothers `bombed two hotels'
TT, 24 Apr 2019, Colombo: Muslim brothers carried out two of the hotel suicide blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, part of a wave of bombings that killed more than 320 people, police sources said Tuesday.
The sons of a wealthy Colombo spice trader were among suicide bombers who hit three churches and three luxury hotels, investigators told AFP.
An attack on a fourth hotel failed and helped lead police to the Islamist group now blamed for the assault, they added.
The brothers, whose names have not been revealed, were in their late twenties and operated their own "family cell", an investigation officer said. The pair were key mem- A picture taken from CCTV footage shows the suspected suicide bomber with a backpack before the Easter Sunday attacks in Negombo, Sri Lanka. (CCTV/Siyatha News via Reuters) bers of the Islamist National Thowheed Jama'ath (NTJ) group which the government has blamed for the attacks, the official added.
Brother checked into the Cinnamon Grand hotel and the other the Shangri-La on Saturday. The next morning, at virtually the same time, they went to the hotels' Easter Sunday breakfast buffets and blew up explosives-laden backpacks, the officer said. AFP.
The sons of a wealthy Colombo spice trader were among suicide bombers who hit three churches and three luxury hotels, investigators told AFP.
An attack on a fourth hotel failed and helped lead police to the Islamist group now blamed for the assault, they added.
The brothers, whose names have not been revealed, were in their late twenties and operated their own "family cell", an investigation officer said. The pair were key mem- A picture taken from CCTV footage shows the suspected suicide bomber with a backpack before the Easter Sunday attacks in Negombo, Sri Lanka. (CCTV/Siyatha News via Reuters) bers of the Islamist National Thowheed Jama'ath (NTJ) group which the government has blamed for the attacks, the official added.
Brother checked into the Cinnamon Grand hotel and the other the Shangri-La on Saturday. The next morning, at virtually the same time, they went to the hotels' Easter Sunday breakfast buffets and blew up explosives-laden backpacks, the officer said. AFP.
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