15 dead in Islamist hideout raidhome/News/World/15 dead in Islamist hideout raidCOLOMBO: Fifteen people, including six children have died during a Sri Lankan security forces operation in the aftermath of the Easter attacks, as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot dead, police said on Saturday. “Three other men, also believed to be suicide bombers, were found dead outside the house,” police said in a statement, adding that they had been shot. There were no casualties among the security forces, the police said. Studio raidedFriday’s clashes came hours after the security forces raided a nearby location where they believe Islamist radicals recorded a video pledge to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before carrying out the Easter bombings. The head of a local extremist group, Zahran Hashim, who appeared in the video, was killed at one of the Colombo hotels targeted, the Shangri-La.

Source: Manila Times April 27, 2019 16:18 UTC