Colombo : Policenama Online – Suicide bombers who carried out a series of blast in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday had travelled to India to possibly train terrorism activities, Sri Lanka Army Chief has said.
They had gone to India, Kashmir, Bangalore, and Kerala. That information is available with us, ‘’ Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake said in one of interview. The Sri Lankan Army commander said the exact reason is not yet known.”Senanayake added, they had some sort of training or links towards the organization. Nine suicide bombers were responsible for the deadliest attack in Sri Lanka in a decade on April 21.
President Maithripala Sirisena had blamed the security establishment for failing to communicate several warnings they had about potential attacks, including that from India hours before the first bomb.
Intel warnings from India and other quarters, the Sri Lankan Army Commander said they had received information and intelligence-sharing.
‘’NIA has carried out several raids in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to unearth Indian link with the Sri Lanka blasts that killed more than 253 persons. NIA so far arrested Riyas Aboobacker, and established the presence of Islamic state operating in Tamil Nadu. Riyaz Aboobacker of Kerala had earlier admitted to following Sri Lankan bomber Zahran Hashim and Zakir Naik.