Blood brothers: The wealthy family accused of orchestrating deadly Sri Lanka attacks

Several wealthy and middle class people with international connections believed to be behind the attacks in Sri Lanka.

Image posted by the IS Aamaq news agency, purporting to show Mohammed Zahran (c) the man Sri Lanka says led the Easter attacks Source: AAP

One of the ringleaders of the Sri Lankan terror attacks was believed to be the son of a wealthy spice tycoon who was “brainwashed” by his radical younger brother, according to local media.

The suicide attacks on Easter Sunday killed more than 320 people and injured about 500 others, targeting three churches and four luxury hotels.

Thirty-three-year-old copper factory owner Inshaf Ibrahim detonated his explosive device at the busy breakfast buffet of the luxury Shangri-La hotel, a source close to the family said.

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