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Live NEWS / SRI LANKA Sri Lanka: 15 dead in gun battle with bombing suspects Bodies of 15 people, including six children, discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle in an eastern town. Security remains tight across Sri Lanka as security forces hunt down dozens of suspects [Reuters] The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce firefight at a home on the east coast of  Sri Lanka  after suicide bombers targeted approaching security forces. A police spokesman on Saturday said  three suspected suicide attackers were among the 15 dead in the shootout, which came  six days after the  killing of 253 people on Easter Sunday . The three men set off explosives, also killing three women, inside what was believed to a safe-house near the eastern town of Kalmunai on Friday night. The town is to the south of Battic...

Victims Of Gombe Easter Killings Laid To Rest Amid Tears Channels Television     Updated April 27, 2019 The slain members of the Boys and Girls Brigade in Gombe State have been laid to rest. A funeral service was conducted in their honour on Saturday at the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Centre in Gombe, the state capital. In attendance were members of the families of the nine victims and hundreds of sympathisers who paid tributes to them. The deputy governor of the state, Charles Iliya, was also at the event in company with some government officials in the state. Shortly after the service, the nine members of the brigade were buried amid tears at the cemetery along the Gombe – Yobe Road. Earlier, some members of the brigade and other youths held a procession in the state capital to honour their slain colleagues. There was, however, tension as another group of people intercepted the demonstrators and prevented them...