Bill Harrop and Dr Sally Bradley were staying at a hotel in Colombo when they were caught up in the bombings on Easter Sunday that claimed the lives of at least 290 people.
Unidentified officials quoted by the paper said that the suspects were all a part of "one single ideology". However, spokesman Jesper Stubkier gave no details in an emailed response to a query on the matter and said the company had no further comment.
"We're angry that a good man, who took simple pleasure in fixing things, has been killed, along with many others, by evil men and women who know only how to destroy", John Fallon, the chief executive of Pearson, wrote in an email to employees Monday, TV station Fox 6 reported.
Sirisena, who was out of the country Sunday, had ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in October and dissolved the Cabinet.
Two Australian victims were named as business owner Manik Suriaaratchi and ten-year-old daughter Alexandria, who died in the explosion at the church in Negombo.
UNITED STATES: The State Department says at least four Americans were killed and several others seriously injured.
Fifth-grader Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa, spending a year in Sri Lanka on leave from the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., was among those killed, the school said in an email to parents, according to the Washington Post.
"Kieran was passionate about learning, he adored his friends, and he was incredibly excited about returning to Sidwell Friends this coming school year", the school wrote.
Julian Emmanuel, 48, an NHS doctor from Surrey, was in the Cinammon Grand hotel with his family and was in bed when a blast ripped through its restaurant. "Love these work trips".
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Officials with Global Affairs Canada said no Canadians were among the 39 foreigners killed in the attacks, but stepped up travel advisories for anyone in or headed to the country. "Other attacks could occur throughout the country".
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the massacre.
The Easter Sunday bombings mark the bloodiest conflict in Sri Lanka since its civil war ended almost a decade ago.
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The Daily Mirror newspaper report said investigators had picked up "pamphlets and paraphernalia associated with extremist ideology" at the site of one of the blasts at the Shangri-la Hotel.
In an indication of the tensions, three explosions caused panic but apparently no injuries Monday as police were defusing bombs inside a van parked near one of the stricken churches.
Pakistani citizens from different faiths light candles at a vigil for the victims of bomb explosions in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday April 22, 2019.
"It is with great [sadness] and deep regret that as Dieter's brother that I confirm that Dieter was among the victim's that passed away in Sri Lanka", Derrick Kowalski wrote on Facebook Monday.
Separately, Ariyananda Welianga, a senior official at the government's forensic division, said seven suicide bombers were responsible for the attacks - with two of the bombers blowing themselves up at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel on Colombo's seafront.The others targeted three churches and two other hotels, Welianga was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
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