Six suspects including the father of the second suicide bomber at Shangri-La Hotel have been further remanded until 14th of February.
The order was issued by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga today (31).
When the suspects were produced before the court, the officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told the additional magistrate that probes into the suspects are yet to be concluded and made a request to remand them further.
Accordingly, the six suspects were ordered to be remanded until February 14.
The second blast at the Shangri-La Hotel was carried out by Mohamed Ibrahim Ilham Ahmed, the son of local spice tycoon Mohamed Ibrahim. His brother, Mohamed Ibrahim Insaf Ahmed, had carried out the blast Cinnamon Grant hotel on Easter Sunday.
Their father and the other suspects were placed under arrest following last year’s terror attacks on 21st of April.
