Published 19:53 IST, April 24th 2019

WATCH: Sri Lankan media accesses another hotel's CCTV footage, capturing alleged suicide bomber queuing up at Shangri-La's buffet table

After retreiving the first CCTV footage of an alleged suicide bomber walking into the St. Sebastian Church, another footage has been extracted from the Shangri-La Hotel, a target among the eight serial blasts in Sri Lanka's Colombo.

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
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After retreiving first CCTV foot of an alleged suicide bomber walking into St. Sebastian Church, ar foot has been extracted from Shangri-La Hotel, a target among eight serial blasts in Sri Lanka's Colombo.

CCTV foot shows two men in caps, walking through hotel lobby and getting into elevator. Furr, visuals show suspects getting out on 13th floor. 

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Visuals also capture scene from restaurant, wherein suspects could be seen queued up at wide spre of buffet for Easter Sunday breakfast. 

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Reports came in earlier wherein it was kwn that a suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at hotel's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.

Carrying a plate, man, who h registered at hotel night before as Mohamed Azzam Mohamed, was just about to be served when he set off his devastating strike in packed restaurant, a manr at Sri Lankan hotel said.

"re was utter chaos," said manr, who spoke to AFP on condition of anymity as he is t allowed to speak for company. 

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first CCTV visuals were captured by internal CCTV camera at St Sebastian Church. 

visuals show a man with a backpack walking into church, while Sunday Mass is going on. A lot of or people can also be seen in video. video shows visuals from both inside and outside Church minutes before suicide bomber detonated explosives. 

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On Tuesday, Islamic State h claimed responsibility for string of horrific bombings in Colombo on Sunday that killed 359 and injured 500 ors.

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Earlier in day, initial probe reports indicated that terrorist attack was in retaliation to gruesome shootings on worshippers in two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch on March 18. news was furr consolidated by Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister.

Sri Lanka’s President gave military a wider berth to detain and arrest suspects — powers that were used during 26-year civil war but withdrawn when it ended in 2009.

(With PTI inputs) 

19:43 IST, April 24th 2019