Sri Lanka Perpetrator

She is a Sri Lankan housewife - Fathima Fazla

She thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home.

The home is across the street.

She thought her neighbours as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb.

She had no idea how infamous they would become.
Two brothers lived at the white house on Mahawela Gardens.

They have emerged as key players in suicide attacks on Easter Sunday.

Suicide attacks killed more than 350 people.

Suicide attacks stunned an island state.

The island state had enjoyed a decade of relative peace.

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks.

They coordinated attaeck on three churches and four hotels.
Inshaf Ibrahim, a 33-year-old copper factory owner,

He detonated his explosive device.

He denotated it at the busy breakfast buffet of the luxury Shangri-La hotel.

A source close to the family said.

Police went later that day to raid the family home,

his younger brother Ilham Ibrahim detonated a bomb that

The bomb killed him, his wife, and the couple's three children.

The source told Reuters, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisals.
"They seemed like good people,"

She told Reuters from her rundown home opposite the Ibrahim family residence,

The residence now cordoned off with crime-scene tape and marshalled by police.

The brothers' names were also reported in local media. 

Authorities have not released the identities of any of the bombers,

Police did not respond to request for comment.

The brother's father, Mohamed Ibrahim, was arrested as
police investigate those behind the attacks.

Ibrahim is a wealthy spice trader and pillar of the business community.

He had six sons and three daughters.

He was admired by many who knew him.
"He was famous in the area for helping the poor with food and money.

It's unthinkable his children could have done that,"

She glanced affectionately at her two young daughters.

"Because of what they have done, all Muslims are treated as suspects."

Ilham Ibrahim, 31, openly expressed extremist ideologies and

He had been involved in meetings of National Thowheed Jamath,

This local Islamist group is suspected of involvement in planning the attacks.

His entrepreneur brother, Inshaf, was outwardly more moderate in his views,

He was known to be generous with donations to his staff and struggling local households.

Inshaf was married to a daughter of a wealthy jewellery manufacturer.
He faced no problems with money.
"I was shocked.

We never thought they were these kind of people,"



She works next door to the Ibrahim family home.

The early Sunday bombings shattered the relative calm that has existed in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka since

a civil war against mostly Hindu, ethnic Tamil separatists ended 10 years ago,

the bombings raised fears of a return to sectarian violence.

Though the Ibrahim brothers will be reviled across much of the country for plunging Sri Lanka into disarray,

 they will be missed by some in the community who relied on them.
"He was kind, unlike like many bosses. I was happy working for him,"

An abandoned copper factory on the outskirts of Colombo.

"He is gone. What do I do now?"