Min. claims Naufer Maulavi mastermind of attacks; AG says he's only a key player

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COLOMBO (News 1st); According to the investigations carried out by Sri Lanka Police and US detectives, it is clear that Naufer Maulavi played the role of the mastermind in the 2019 April 21st Attacks, said Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekara on Wednesday (19).
‘He is the person who brought the IS ideology to Sri Lanka and roped in Mohamed Zaharan towards that ideology in 2016,’ the minister told Parliament adding it was confirmed by the statements given by Zaharan’s spouse.
“It was Naufer Maulavi who carried out IS training programs in Sri Lanka and evidence from his documents and laptop support this claim,’ he said adding it was Naufer Maulavi who prepared the said curriculum and supervised the training camps in Nuwara Eliya and Hambantota.

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