They identified one of the suicide bombers in Sri Lanka: he owned a business

One of the suicide bombers that exploded Sunday against Christian churches and luxury hotels in Sir Lanka, leaving at least 290 dead and 500 wounded, was identified by the local police as being Insan Seelavan, owner of a small factory.

The man blew himself up at the Shangri-La hotelwhere many foreigners have died, and the authorities believe that would have links with other suicide bombers, as indicated by the newspaper Daily Mirror

Seelavan was the owner ofa small factory on the road between Avissawella and Wellampitiya, and police arrested nine of their employees in the midst of investigations.

In total, the security forces They arrested 24 people and the government decreed the state of emergency.

Eight explosions shook Sunday the city of Colombo, the most populated of Sri Lanka. causing nearly 300 dead and 500 wounded. It was a combination of Suicide bombings and explosions in three Christian churches, while Easter was celebrated, and three luxury hotels.

According to the jihadist surveillance website Site, a known fan of ISIS has published the photos of three alleged "suicide commandos" of the terrorist group allegedly involved in the attacks, although this information has not been confirmed and has not been published by the official channels of terrorists, such as the agency QAMA.

The three alleged militants are identified as Abu Ubaida, Abulbarra and Abul Muktarand are shown armed with AK-47 knives and badault rifles, with the ISIS flag behind them.

In addition, the security forces They found 87 detonators in a bus station in Colombo, presumably belonging to the attackers.

Sri Lanka decreed Monday the entry into force of the state of emergency from midnight (18:30 GMT) for reasons of public safety and a day of national mourning for Tuesday, after Sunday, a curfew was decreed and social networks blocked.

Religious violence is relatively unusual in Sri Lanka, a country where 99% consider themselves faithful to a religion and 70% profess Buddhism, while there are significant minorities Hindu (12.6%), Muslim (9.7%) and Christian (7.4%) ).

Although the country was crossed byr intense sectarian and ethnic violence between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority, which led to a brutal civil war of 25 years culminated in 2009.