sri Lanka: 15 dead in gun battle with bombing suspects



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]
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 Batticaloa, a site of one of last Sunday's blasts that targeted three churches and four luxury hotels.
Military spokesman Sumith Atapattu said as troops headed towards the home, three explosions were triggered and gunfire began.
"Troops retaliated and raided the safe-house where a large cache of explosives had been stored," he said in a statement.
He said the fighters were suspected members of the domestic group, National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), which has been blamed for last Sunday's attacks.

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