(4) Zahran was primarily an extremist ideologue, and a preacher. Is it possible that two groups operated within the operation? This is a question, not a conclusion. (3) Zahran Hashim, the alleged leader, attacked a hotel and not a Church. Both are minorities facing similar marginalization. (2) There had been no evident conflict between the Muslims and Catholics in Sri Lanka. (1) Why did they attack the Churches and hotels? There is no apparent connection between the two. There are questions about the attack, and the organization behind it. There is still so much mystery and unknowns associated with the incidents. Anyone who cannot understand this reality is either ignorant or apparently complicit in the attacks, in my opinion.
The victims included not only those who were killed or injured, but also the families, the Catholic Church, the priests and the devotees. This is what was revealed by the investigators and the intelligence services. A total of 269 people, excluding the eight suicide bombers, were killed in the events, including about 45 foreign nationals, while at least 500 were seriously injured.Īll eight suicide bombers were identified as Sri Lankan citizens associated with the National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) organization founded by the suicide bomber at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Zahran alias Zahran Hashim.
Later that day, two more bombs exploded, one at a house in Dematagoda and another at the Tropical Inn in Dehiwala. Sebastian’s, Negombo and Zion Church, Batticaloa). Apart from three luxury hotels in Colombo (Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La), attacks were carried out by suicide bombers on three churches (St. The whole world knows what happened in Sri Lanka on Easter, April 21, 2019. A victim has been converted into a ‘perpetrator’ by Sri Lanka’s intelligence system. As he clearly expressed to the media after returning from the CID, he has strongly felt that he had been harassed by the CID by dragging the so-called investigation, questioning, and statement taking for no valid reason. Otherwise he would have been asked to come another day. On the second day, in the afternoon, he was asked to come on the next day, and it was on his request, or protest, that the statement taking was completed on the same day.
Cyril Gamini was asked to come to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and has been questioned for almost eight to nine hours each day, from 9.00 am to 5.00 or 6.00pm. On November 15 and 16, two consecutive days, Rev.
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