In a rare twist of events, three Police officers piecing evidence about the Easter Sunday killings in Sri Lanka were killed when they reached the home of one of the suicide bombers.
In the chilling incident that claimed the lives of the sleuths, a woman who was the wife to one a suicide bomber, Ilham Ahmed Ibrahim blew herself up together with her three children when the police arrived at her apartment.
Fearing criminal culpability, Ms Fatima is said to have detonated the bomb after siting the cops headed for her.
Her husband, Ilham Ibrahim, 31, and brother Imsath Ahmed Ibrahim, 33, have been identified as suicide bombers in the deadly attacks that claimed the lives of 359 people.
The two, who are sons of a rich spice trader in Sri Lanka were spotted in an elevator of one of the royal hotels in Sri Lanka where they detonated bombs killing foreigners.
Their father, Mohamed Yusuf Ibrahim and the youngest brother, Ijas Ahmed were reportedly questioned by police, while one of Ibrahim’s sons has become a fugitive.
Police believe the attacks could have been coordinated by the local terror group NJT
“We have lived peacefully for 10 years now,” said a neighbour, after learning they had lived together with the terrorist family all along.
Seven of the suicide bombers in the April 4 report are Abu Ubayda, Abu al-Mukhtar, Abu Khalil, Abu al-Bara’a, Abu Muhammad and Abu Abdullah.
In undated video doing rounds in social media, a group of men are seen pledging their allegiance to the Islamic terror group, ISIS.
Sri Lanka has confirmed that they had received intelligence of an impending terror attack but had downplayed them largely due to misunderstandings in government.
Ten minutes before the first blast went off, India and the United States of America warned Sri Lanka of “something bad about to happen.”
Sri Lanka enters Day Two of National mourning even as more victims recuperate in hospitals after the multiple blasts rocked the Island Country’s capital, Colombo.