Investigations by Sri Lankan Police have confirmed that nine suicide bombers were involved in Sunday’s attacks, eight of whom have been identified, State Defence Minister, Ruwan Wijewardene, said on Wednesday.
“The leader of a local extremist group that carried out the bombings was one of the suicide bombers,’’ the minister told a press conference.
Wijewardene said, so far 60 suspects had been arrested over the explosions and 32 of them had been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department.
He said massive hunts were continuing to nab more suspects and vowed to bring the situation under control in the coming few days.
“We are asking people to be vigilant.
“There could still be a few people out there.
“But within the next few days we will have the situation under control,’’ Wijewardene said.
Giving further details on the attackers, Wijewardene said one of the bombers had pursued an education overseas and almost all were from stable…
