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COLOMBO: One of the nine bombers that detonated explosives in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, deputy defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters yesterday. His comment came after police confirmed that nine suicide bombers were involved in the blasts and eight...

He appears to be the round-faced cleric in the footage - the only one of the eight figures depicted whose face is uncovered.

The other seven people in the video all wear the same black tunics but with their faces obscured by black-and-white checkered scarves.He had attracted several thousand followers on several social media sites, including YouTube and Facebook, where he posted incendiary sermons.

 

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