JUST IN: One of the Sri Lanka suicide bombers was previously arrested by police and then released, according to a senior Sri Lankan government spokesman
Ilham Ahmed Ibrahim -- one of two sons of a spice tycoon who blew themselves up in Sunday's attacks -- detonated a device at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo, Sudarshana Gunawardana said. "It was the suicide bomber of the Cinnamon Grand bomb attack who was released earlier," Gunawardana said.
Gunasekera told CNN that officers from Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department and Terrorism Investigation Department have raided five safe houses across the country in connection with Sunday's attacks. Those locations have since been sealed for forensic investigation. More than 70 suspects have been taken into custody on a range of charges, including suspicion of terrorism, aiding and abetting terrorism and conspiracy to commit terrorism, Gunasekera said.
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