Sri Lanka attacker studied in UK, says minister, amid warning more bombers on loose

Ruwan Wijewardene says bombings may have been funded and ideologically inspired by Isis

One of the Sri Lanka bombers studied in the UK and Australia before carrying out the bombings, which may have been funded and inspired by Isis, the defence minister has said.

“We believe that one of the suicide bombers studied in the UK and later did his postgraduate [studies] in Australia before coming back and settling in Sri Lanka,” said Ruwan Wijewardene, the state minister for defence, at a media briefing on Wednesday afternoon.

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