Sri Lanka bombings – Inside ISIS death factory where ‘chilling Mother of Satan suicide bombs were built for jihadi terror cell’
THIS is the factory where Sri Lankan police believe the ‘Mother of Satan” suicide bombs which killed more than 359 on Easter Sunday were built.
The copper business, in Wellampitiya, Colombo, belonged to mass murderer Inshaf Ahamad who blew himself up at the Cinnamon Grand hotel killing dozens including Brit tourists.
His factory was raided last night by cops who arrested nine suspects including the manager and supervisor, reports the
Detectives believe the warehouse was used to build the suicide vests using explosive triacetone triperoxide branded the ‘Mother of Satan' by terror group Al Qaeda.
The substance was used in the horrific bomb attacks in Paris in 2015 and in the Manchester Arena massacre in 2017.
Inshaf is the son of millionaire spice tycoon who has been arrested after the family’s apartment blew up during the massacre killing three police officers.
His brother Ilham Ibrahim, 36, is understood to have set off the first bomb at the Shangri-La hotel.
But according to workers at the factory, who hail from India and Bangladesh and are paid $150 a month, they are innocent and knew nothing of their boss’ extremism, reports The Mail.
Inshaf's brother-in-law Ashkhan Alamdeen, 29, said the evil siblings have “ruined” their family name.
He said: “We had no idea what they were planning. If we had, we would have immediately told the police.”
Married Inshaf was an educated, middle-class businessman who drove a brand new Land Cruiser and had “everything to live for”, Ashkhan said.
Ashkhan said his sister, Ishfan's wife, was is in “great psychological pain” following the bombings.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR:
- At least 359 people killed and 500 injured after nine suicide bombers attacked three churches, four hotels and a block of flats in Sri Lanka
- Thirty-nine foreigners were killed including eight Brits, 'several' Americans, one Dutch, one Chinese, two Turkish, three Danes and one Portuguese national
- 40 suspects have been arrested
- Authorities name local Islamic terror group National Thowheeth Jama'ath as being responsible for the attacks saying they were helped by 'international network' of jihadis
- ISIS claims the suicide bombers were 'soldiers of the Islamic State'
A 'family of hate' who carried out mass murder
- Ilham Ibrahim, 36, who is the son of a millionaire spice tycoon, is understood to have set off the first bomb at the Shangri-La hotel
- Seconds later YouTube Islamist ranter Zahran Hashim detonated a second device at the luxury hotel which left five Brits dead
- Police sources later confirmed Ilham’s 38-year-old brother Inshaf was the suicide bomber who blew up the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo.
- Their twisted family of hate is at the centre of the series of horrifying attacks in Sri Lanka.
- The brothers' wealthy dad, Yoonis, who is also a trustee at the local mosque, was among more than 40 suspected jihadis in custody.
- Police revealed that Ibrahim’s pregnant burka-clad wife Fatima was a key player in the bomb plot.
- And when armed SWAT teams arrived at the couple’s home she killed herself, her three young sons, her unborn child and three cops with a suicide vest.
- A master plan was recovered by police listed the target hotels and churches in the home they shared with dad Yoonus Ibrahim in Mihawila Gardens in smart Dematagoda.
He said the twisted terrorist told his wife he was going on a business trip to Zambia on the Friday before the massacre.
She said she thought her husband appeared “shifty” and was “acting strangely” when she dropped him off at the airport.
The extremist, one of eight siblings, phoned his wife on Sunday at 7.30am local time to say his final goodbyes an hour before the attack, Ashkhan said.
He added: “He told her that he was in Zambia and everything was fine. Then an hour later he was dead.”
A factory worker said Inshaf was “calm and devout” but never wore traditional Muslim dress and only visited the factory for 20 minutes each day to speak to the manager.
The Bangladeshi staff member said: “He never allowed anybody to take his photograph and he said it was because of his religious beliefs.”
Ashkhan said he last saw his sick brother-in-law three days before the bombings where they discussed going on a camping trip together.
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He said the terrorist was “no more religious than anyone else” and had four young children aged eight, six, four and two.
Sri Lankan police have yet to officially name all nine of the suicide bombers although it is believed that Inshaf, Ilham and his wife Fatima are among the group who committed mass murder.
In an ISIS propoganda video, claiming to show the masked attackers, three men are named as Abul Barra, Abul Mukhtar and Abu Ubaida although these are most likely names given to them by the death cult.
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