The guard, during the interrogation, claimed that the terrorists had moved in after his departure at around 5.30 p.m. However, according to police, the terrorists could not have set up explosive devices and other weapons within 30 minutes. They had been there for at least a few hours and the security guard must have been aware of this, police sources said. Meanwhile, after discovering names and addresses in a trouser pocket of one of the suicide cadres killed during the incident has led the CDB to their supporters in a jwellery shop. Suspects from Batticaloa have established connections with the suicide squad.
Police suspect that some of the members of the suicide squad had also been employed as goldsmiths.
The involvment of goldsmiths in LTTE bombings in Colombo and areas outside the North and East provinces first came to light in August 1998 after the arrest of two suspects near a telecommunication facility at Kadawatha by the police. The suspects had explosives in their possession at the time of the arrest. However, during interrogation the suspects confessed that they were goldsmiths and were responsible for bombing telecommunications and Ceylon Electricity Board facilities at various places. They suspects also revealed that terrorists infiltrating from the north and east are employed in jewellery shops as goldsmiths and silversmiths in Colombo and the suburbs.