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April 25, 2019

Wealthy Sri Lankan Spice Trader Among Those Arrested over Easter Bombings
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Sri Lankan police are on high alert amid fresh bomb scares in the wake
of Easter Sunday attacks that killed 359 people and injured more than
500 others. Overnight, authorities arrested 16 more suspects in the
case. Among those arrested so far is Mohammad Yusuf Ibrahim, one of Sri
Lanka's richest spice traders. Authorities say two of his sons were
among eight suicide bombers who died in Sunday's attacks. On Wednesday,
Sri Lanka's president sacked the country's police chief and defense
secretary amid widespread reports that security forces had ample
warnings about imminent attacks ahead of the bombings, but failed to
act.


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