Sri Lanka Prime Minister: Suspects still at large in deadly Easter suicide attacks

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SRI LANKA (1010 WINS) -- There are more suspects out there.

That's the word from Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as police appeal for information about three women and one man who they say likely have a connection to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 359 people.

The suspects' families had money and that apparently helped them stay out of jail.

"These people are also known and they were being monitored by intelligence," he said, "They said they didn't have sufficient evidence to take them in."

Police are holding the father of two of the attackers. Muhamed Yusuf Ibrahim is a wealthy spice trader who is accused of aiding and abetting his sons who struck at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo.

In all, more than 70 suspects are now in custody. Most, are family members of the bombers.

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