The
CCTV footage of the suicide bomber, who is responsible for
St.Sebastian’s Church explosion in Katuwapitiya has been released to the
media.
The bomber was seen at around 8.56 am and at around 8.59 am. He enters the church premises carrying a very large backpack.
The
CCTV camera inside the Church also recorded the suicide bomber entering
the church after touching a small child in front of the church. He then
made his way through a door on the left side of the church before
setting off the bomb which killed many including children.
It
has also been revealed that two sons of a wealthy spice trader were
part of the terrorists that carried out the multiple suicide blasts that
have killed 321 people in the Sri Lanka terror attacks on Easter
Sunday.
According
to multiple reports, the Muslim brothers, whose names have not been
revealed, blew themselves up as guests queued for breakfast at the
Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand hotels in the capital.
An investigation officer said they were in their late twenties.
One
brother reportedly gave fake identity details when he checked into the
hotel, but the other gave a real address which led police commandos to their family home in a commercial area of Colombo.
Police
sources claimed that when the Special Task Force went to the house to
investigate, one of the brother’s wife set off a bomb, killing herself,
her two children, and three police commandos.
‘It
was a single terror cell operated by one family,’ the investigator
said. ‘They had the cash and the motivation. They operated the cell and
it is believed they influenced their extended family.’
‘What
we have gathered so far is that they had indicated to their close
family what they were going to do,’ another senior police officer said.
‘It looks like they were inspired by foreign terrorist groups, but to what extent they had direct links is still unclear.’
The brothers had been involved in their father’s lucrative Colombo spice export business, investigators said.
The pair were key members of the Islamist National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) group, the official added.
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