A Sub Inspector (SI), attached to the Police Terrorism Investigation Division,told the Presidential Commission to Inquiry (PCoI), on October 16 said that Zahran Hashim and his group had planned to launch an attack using 20 suicide bombers, reports Daily News. Testifying further he said that investigations have revealed that the proposal of launching an attack using 20 suicide bombers was made during a discussion held on March 27, 2019, at a house in Sarikkammulla area in Panadura.Seven persons, including Zahran Hashim, was present during the discussion. He further said that the investigations also revealed that it had been suggested that the attacks should be carried out within 15 days from March 27, 2019, as the bombs assembled by Zahrans’s brother Rilwan were to expire during that period.