DNA tests are never wrong in confirming Zahran Hashim as one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up at the Shangri-La Hotel. srilanka
Its confirmed. Zahran Hashim is indeed the man behind the April 21 Easter attacks in Sri Lanka.
“With the latest test results we have re-confirmed the identities of all the seven suicide bombers plus two others who exploded explosives on April 21,” Gunasekera said, explaining that police had matched their DNA with that of their relatives. Ilham’s wife, Fathima Ilham, also blew herself up when police went to her Colombo home a few hours after the coordinated attacks.
St. Anthony’s Shrine, a popular church in the capital, was attacked by a man named Ahmed Muaz, while St. Sebastian’s Church just north of Colombo was bombed by Mohamed Hasthun, who came from eastern Sri Lanka where Hashim was based.
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