A 40 year old person from Chunnakam, Jaffna was among the three suspects currently held over the alleged impending attack targetting Israeli tourists in the popular tourist spots in East, police said.
The suspect was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) on Sunday morning by a team that arrived from Colombo.
Police preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was in custody in 2016 for criminal charges and developed ties with other suspects who had ties to Iraq and Pakistan who were detained along with him.
The suspect was taken to Colombo for further inquiry of whether he was part of the group that planned to carry out an attack targetting Israelis in the Eastern province. (Northeastern Monitor/October 24/2024)
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