The self-involving terror attack has shocked many after the Sri Lankan pregnant suicide bomber’s wife denoted a suicide vest when the police raided the affluent family’s home in the wake of the terror attacks killing herself, children and police officers.
The wife of the suspected mastermind behind the Easter Sunday bombings detonated the explosives as police raided the family’s Colombo home, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene said.
At the centre of the plot that has devastated the peaceful Southeast Asian nation are two brothers, according to reports. They were the sons of a rich spice merchant, and they lived in one of the most lavish mansions in their wealthy suburb in Colombo.
The mastermind of the suicide bomb plot is now believed to have been Inshaf Ibrahim, in his 30s, who owned a copper factory. He is said to have detonated his own explosive device at the Shangri-La hotel, by the busy breakfast buffet, a source close to the family told reporters.
When the lavish and sprawling Ibrahim home was raided shortly afterward, the pregnant wife of one of the brothers was in the home wearing a suicide vest, Mr. Wijewardene said according to reporters.
As police arrived, the woman reportedly detonated the vest, killing herself, her two children and three police officers