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Police unearth link between Riyad Bathiudeen and suicide bomber

15 Apr 2020

The police today said that it had unearthed direct links between Riyad Bathiudeen, the brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and an Easter Sunday suicide bomber. Two suspects including Riyad Bathiudeen, were arrested yesterday (14) following a special operation launched by the Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) in connection to the Easter Sunday terror attacks last year. Meanwhile, Prominent lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah has also been arrested by the CID team over the Easter Sunday attacks, according to Police Media Spokesperson SP Jaliya Senaratne. Following the attacks last year, former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen was among the officials summoned to testify before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) that probed the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The 21 April 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks left over 250 persons dead as a result of suicide bombings in three churches and three luxury hotels. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, in his Easter Sunday address this year, said the Catholic community in the country has forgiven “the enemies who tried to destroy” the church.


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