Easter bombings Mastermind, Zahran confirmed dead

COLOMBO (The Island/ANN) - Government Analyst's Department releases DNA reports on all suicide bombers involved in the Easter bombings. Mastermind Zahran confirmed dead by matching DNA with daughter’s.

The DNA obtained from Muhammad Zahran, the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday bombings, matched with his daughter’s, Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekera said, quoting the Government Analyst. Zahran blew himself up at the Shangri-La hotel. Earlier there were rumours that the body found at the hotel wasn’t his.

Gunasekera said that the Government Analyst had yesterday released the DNA reports on all suicide bombers who had carried out the Easter Sunday bombings and their relatives.

The SP added that there has been two explosions at Shangri-La Hotel. One was carried out by Zahran while the other was by Mohammad Ibrahim Ilham. The suicide bomber that attacked Cinnamon Grand hotel was Mohammad Ibrahim Inshaf. Both Inshaf and Ilham are sons of Mohammad Yusuf Ibrahim, one of Sri Lanka’s wealthiest spice traders. The Government Analyst had matched the DNA collected from the bodies of Inshaf and Ilham with that of their father, SP Gunasekera said.

The DNA from the body of Mohamed Hasthun, the suicide bomber who attacked the Katuwapitiya St Sebastian Church, Negombo matched with those of his parents. The DNA of Ahmed Muaz, the suicide bomber at St Anthony’s Church, matched with his parents, according to the Police Spokesperson.

The DNA from Abdul Latif Jameel Mohammed’s body, who blew himself at a guest house in Dehiwala, too, matched that of his children. Latif had studied both in Britain and Australia. The DNA of Mohamed Nasser Mohamed Asad, who attacked the Christian Zion church, Batticaloa matched with sample taken from his mother’s. DNA taken from Mohamed Azzam Mubarak Mohamed, who attacked Kingsbury hotel, matched with his children’s, the SP said.

The Government Analyst has confirmed that Fathima Ilham, who blew herself along with her children and three police officers at Mahawila gardens, Dematagoda, is the wife of the Mohammad Ibrahim Ilham.

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