Nine arrested at copper factory owned by bombers granted bail

Nine arrested at copper factory owned by bombers granted bail

May 6, 2019   04:52 pm

Nine of the ten suspects, who were arrested at the copper factory allegedly used to manufacture the bombs detonated at three churches and three luxury hotels on Easter Sunday, have been released on bail.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage delivered the bail order today (06).

Two personal bails of Rs 500,000 were imposed on each suspect while the other suspect named Karupayya Rajendran Abdulla was ordered to be further remanded until May 20th for further interrogations.

Wellampitiya Police, submitting a report to the court at a previous hearing, stated that a factory owned by the suicide bomber at the Shangri-La Hotel and two women, who died in the explosion at a residential area in Dematagoda, was uncovered on Avissawella Road in Wellampitiya.

The police said the suspects were arrested in a joint raid carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) at the factory.

The police commenced probes on them to identify if they had any direct involvement in the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.

When the suspects were produced before the court today, the police told the court that a decision is yet to be taken on the Act under which the suspects should be prosecuted, however, investigations regarding the suspects are ongoing.

Accordingly, the Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered to release nine of the suspects on bail and to further remand the other suspects until May 20th.

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