Five individuals have been taken into custody from Horowpathana on suspicion of having aided and abetted the group of terrorists who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks.
It is reported that these persons had close contact with Abdul Majeed Mohammed Niyaz, a member of the National Thowheeth Jamath organization who has been remanded at present and contributed towards the activities of the leader of the terrorist group Mohammed Zahran.
Those taken into custody are residents of Kebithigollewa and Horowpathana.