Saudi-educated scholar Mohamed Aliyar has been arrested over links with the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings
A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard outside the St Theresa's church in Colombo, May 12 2019. Picture: LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP
“Information has been revealed that the suspect arrested had a close relationship with … Zahran and had been operating financial transactions,” said a police statement late on Friday. During that time, Zahran started criticising the practice of asking God for help, for instance, arguing that such pleas were an affront to pure Islam.
Other than the fact that Zahran visited the centre, the sources in Kattankudy said they did not know of any personal ties between him and Aliyar.
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