The father of two of the Sri Lanka Easter suicide bomber brothers, Inshaf and Ilham Ibrahim has been arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lan
The father of two of the Sri Lanka Easter suicide bomber brothers, Inshaf and Ilham Ibrahim has been arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lanka’s former navy chief, Jayanath Colombage, who now is a counter-terrorism expert at the Pathfinder Foundation, confirmed the arrest on Thursday.
He said the father of the suicide bomber brothers, who is a millionaire spice trader, was arrested for helping the pair. The brothers calmly walked into the luxury Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand hotels in Colombo on Easter Sunday and detonated their suicide vests as guests were eating breakfast.
Their attacks claimed the lives of at least 41 foreigners, including eight British holidaymakers – three of whom were children. Hours later, as police raided their mansion in an exclusive neighborhood of Colombo, Ilham’s pregnant wife Fatima blew herself up, killing her three children and three officers.
Recall that a series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing nearly 160 people, including dozens of foreigners.
