The wife and sister of a suicide bomber who struck the Shangri-La Hotel in the Sri Lankan capital were killed in the last of the eight deadly blasts that rocked the country on Easter Sunday.
According to the Daily Mirror, the police informed Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on Monday that the suicide bomber at the Shangri-La had been identified as Insan Seelavan, owner of a factory.
The report said that when a police team entered a house in the Colombo suburb of Orugodawatta at Dematagoda for a search, a suicide bomber blew himself up, causing the concrete floor of the two-storey building to come crashing down.
It instantly killed three policemen as well as the wife and sister of the Shangri-La suicide bomber, the police told the court.
Nine employees of Seelavan's factory were among 24 arrested in connection with the bombings and have been remanded by the court till May 6.
A string of suicide bombings in three Sri Lankan cities on Sunday left 321 people dead and over 500 injured.
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints" Bo-Tai Switch Is The Newest Restaurant In Delhi To Eat Good Food And Party Hard Sri Lanka Ends Emergency 4 Months After Easter Blasts 'Entire NEET Paper Solved In 45 Minutes Before Exam?': Top Court To Centre "Had God On My Side": Donald Trump Recounts Being Shot At During Rally 32 Dead In Bangladesh Unrest, Protesters Set Fire To State TV Headquarters "Every Time I Try To Eat Healthy" - Video Creator's Editing Skills Amaze Internet Watch: Comedian's Wholesome Interaction With Indian-Origin Woman Is Viral Donald Trump Accepts Republican Nomination Amid Chants Of USA From Crowd Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.