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24th Apr 2019

Sri Lanka suicide bomber named as Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed

Mohamed is believed to have studied in the south east of the UK between 2006 and 2007

Oli Dugmore

Security personnal at St Anthony's Church on April 24, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At least 321 people were killed and 500 people injured after coordinated attacks on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday which rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in and around Colombo as well as at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. According to reports, the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the attacks while investigations show the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the Christchurch mosque shootings last month. Police have detained 40 suspects so far in connection with the suicide bombs while the country’s government blame the attacks on local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ). (Photo by Atul Loke/Getty Images)

Sri Lanka bomber Mohamed is believed to have studied in the south east of the UK between 2006 and 2007

One of the suicide bombers responsible for the Easter terror attacks in Sri Lanka has been named as Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed.

The former UK student is believed to have studied in the south east of the UK and is one of nine terrorists behind bombings in Sri Lanka that targeted luxury hotels and churches and killed 359 people, including eight Brits on Easter Sunday. More than 500 people were injured.

Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed is the ninth perpetrator, Sky News reports, the other eight already being named.

ISIS released this image claiming to depict the Sri Lanka bombers (Credit: Amaq)

So far Sri Lankan police have made 60 arrests and 32 people remain in custody.

The country’s prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said a “breakdown in communication” prevented information that could have stopped the attacks being passed between intelligence agencies.

He said: “Some of the suspects are on the run.

“Some of those suspects are armed and dangerous. There are still explosives and militants out there and the police are looking for them.”

Two Islamist organisations are believed to be responsible for the attack, according to the Sri Lankan defence ministry.