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15 killed in raid on Islamist hideout: police
COLOMBO, April 27, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 15 people, including six
children, were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up when cornered
by security forces in eastern Sri Lanka, police said Saturday.
Three men set off explosives killing three other women and six children
inside what was believed to an Islamist safe house near the town of Kalmunai
on Friday night, police said.
“Three other men, also believed to be suicide bombers, were found dead
outside the house,” police said in a statement.
BSS/AFP/SSS/0925 hrs