Although several of the names had been reported by various media outlets, three of the bombers were previously unknown.
By Joanna Slater Joanna Slater Foreign correspondent covering South Asia Email Bio Follow May 1 at 12:04 PM NEW DELHI — A fanatical preacher and a man from his hometown. A man who studied in Britain and Australia. The two sons and daughter-in-law of a wealthy spice tycoon.
Although several of the names had been reported by various media outlets, three of the bombers named Wednesday by the authorities were previously unknown. Little is known about these three men, except that they joined a plot that had its roots in a local extremist group but was inspired by the Islamic State.A soldier guards St. Sebastian Church on Wednesday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Two brothers and one of their wives were among the bombers. Inshaf Ibrahim, the son of a prosperous merchant who made his fortune trading spices like pepper and cinnamon, carried out a suicide attack at the luxury Cinnamon Grand Hotel.
The alleged mastermind of the attacks, Zahran Hashim, a radical preacher from the eastern Sri Lankan town of Kattankudy, also carried out a suicide attack at the Shangri-La Hotel, the only location to be targeted by two bombers.
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