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Easter Sunday attacks probe: CID finds more locations used by terrorists

06 May 2020

 No more names will be revealed: Police Sri Lanka Police has taken a decision not to reveal names of suspects arrested in connection to the Easter Sunday attacks, according to the Police Media Division. Accordingly, only the age and the areas in which the suspects reside would be revealed by the Police. Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had uncovered yet another location in the area of Kalpitiya that has been used to provide weapon training for the Easter Sunday attackers. The training centre uncovered by the CID is said to be run under the guise of a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The trustee of the NGO, a 45-year-old man from Kalpitiya, has been taken into custody along with documents found at the training centre under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Police Media Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne stated that the investigations have revealed that a centre located in Azhar Nagar in Mundalama had also been used to provide weapon training and to choose the members of the organisation.


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