Easter bombings: How kingpin's radical tilt slipped Lankan radars

Zahran Hashim, the 'mastermind' of the deadly Sri Lanka attack that killed 253 people and injured around 500, was born in Kattankudi, a coastal Muslim town in Batticaloa district 300km from Colombo.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/the-making-of-a-radical-leader/articleshow/69066476.cms