The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday ordered the Government Analyst to conduct a DNA test in order to verify the identity of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo on Easter Sunday (21).
Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake made this order following a request made by CID. The CID informed court that they are expecting to call for a DNA report pertaining to body parts of the suicide bomber using his daughter’s blood samples.
The CID said the DNA tests were required to ascertain whether the body parts at Kingsbury Hotel were of the alleged suicide bomber Mohamad Azzam Mohamad Mubarak.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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