Rishad Bathiudeen - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:32:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Rishad Bathiudeen - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sri Lanka arrests politician over bombings https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/04/29/sri-lanka-arrests-politician-over-bombings/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:51:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=135658 Sri Lankan police have arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Rishad Bathiudeen is a former Cabinet minister who currently leads an opposition party in Sri Lanka's Parliament. He and his brother, Reyaj Bathiudeen, were arrested in the capital Read more

Sri Lanka arrests politician over bombings... Read more]]> Sri Lankan police have arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people.

Rishad Bathiudeen is a former Cabinet minister who currently leads an opposition party in Sri Lanka's Parliament.

He and his brother, Reyaj Bathiudeen, were arrested in the capital for "aiding and abetting the suicide bombers who committed the Easter Sunday carnage," said police spokesman Ajith Rohana.

He said the brothers have not yet been officially charged but were arrested based on direct evidence, as well as what he called circumstantial and "scientific" evidence.

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