Colombo: Excavating the bodies of those killed in a suicide bombing at a house, when Sri Lankan police identified his wife to conduct a DNA test a week after the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks began in the eastern city of Ampara To raid. One bomber, which has still not been discovered.
On April 26, 2019, five days after the Easter Sunday terror attacks, police investigators raided a house in the Senthamaruthu area of the eastern city of Kalamunai in search of the brother of the prime suspect. zahran hashimwho was accused of carrying out the attack Colombo Star class hotels and churches in which 270 people including foreigners were killed.
During the raid, people in the house blew themselves up and it was reported that 17 people, including adults and children, were killed in the blast. However, a subsequent DNA test revealed the presence of only 16 people in the house.
Police said the DNA test did not reveal the body parts of Sara alias Pulasthini MahendranThe wife of one of the suicide bombers who attacked the church in the western coastal city of Negombo was among the remains found at the scene.
By re-examining the DNA, investigators intend to find out whether Sarah’s remains are among those who died inside the safe as two previous tests failed to confirm it.
Sara’s whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. In the initial days of the investigation, it was speculated that she may have fled to India.
The CID requested the Kalmunai magistrate court to allow the excavation of the buried remains for further examination. Police spokesperson and superintendent Nihal Thalduva told reporters that the court has given five days’ permission, within which they can be evacuated.
Nine suicide bombers belonging to the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ), a local Islamic extremist group affiliated to the Islamic State terror group, carried out a series of devastating explosions at three Catholic churches and several luxury hotels on April 21, 2019, killing around 270 people . including 11 Indians, and over 500 were injured.
The attack sparked a political storm as the then government led by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe The officers were blamed for their inability to stop the attacks despite providing prior intelligence.
Most of the casualties occurred at the Catholic Church of St. Sebastian in the suburb of Negombo, belonging to Cardinal Ranjit’s Archdiocese of Colombo, where 113 people were killed. Sri Lanka celebrates 3rd anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks with PM on 21st April Mahinda Rajapakse Pledged to punish the perpetrators of the terror attacks and ensure justice to the victims.
On April 26, 2019, five days after the Easter Sunday terror attacks, police investigators raided a house in the Senthamaruthu area of the eastern city of Kalamunai in search of the brother of the prime suspect. zahran hashimwho was accused of carrying out the attack Colombo Star class hotels and churches in which 270 people including foreigners were killed.
During the raid, people in the house blew themselves up and it was reported that 17 people, including adults and children, were killed in the blast. However, a subsequent DNA test revealed the presence of only 16 people in the house.
Police said the DNA test did not reveal the body parts of Sara alias Pulasthini MahendranThe wife of one of the suicide bombers who attacked the church in the western coastal city of Negombo was among the remains found at the scene.
By re-examining the DNA, investigators intend to find out whether Sarah’s remains are among those who died inside the safe as two previous tests failed to confirm it.
Sara’s whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. In the initial days of the investigation, it was speculated that she may have fled to India.
The CID requested the Kalmunai magistrate court to allow the excavation of the buried remains for further examination. Police spokesperson and superintendent Nihal Thalduva told reporters that the court has given five days’ permission, within which they can be evacuated.
Nine suicide bombers belonging to the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ), a local Islamic extremist group affiliated to the Islamic State terror group, carried out a series of devastating explosions at three Catholic churches and several luxury hotels on April 21, 2019, killing around 270 people . including 11 Indians, and over 500 were injured.
The attack sparked a political storm as the then government led by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe The officers were blamed for their inability to stop the attacks despite providing prior intelligence.
Most of the casualties occurred at the Catholic Church of St. Sebastian in the suburb of Negombo, belonging to Cardinal Ranjit’s Archdiocese of Colombo, where 113 people were killed. Sri Lanka celebrates 3rd anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks with PM on 21st April Mahinda Rajapakse Pledged to punish the perpetrators of the terror attacks and ensure justice to the victims.