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Father & brother of two Easter suicide bombers granted bail

(UTV | COLOMBO) – The father and a brother of Mohamed Ilham and Mohamed Inshaf, the suicide attackers responsible for bombings at two leading hotels in Colombo on Easter Sunday in 2019, have been granted bail.

The order was issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Nawarathne Marasinghe today (25).

The two were released on a Rs.200,000 cash bail and three surety bails of Rs.1 million each.

Court banned any overseas travel while their passports were impounded.

The father, Mohamed Ibrahim, and his son were ordered to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department on the first and last Sunday monthly.

A bail request for a third suspect in the case, another brother in the family, was rejected.

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