Sri Lankan security forces found 15 bodies, including six children, early Saturday after militants linked to the Easter bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid on their house in the country's east, police said. He said that some of the dead likely were militants who blew themselves up in suicide bombings. Raids and police curfews shut down areas of eastern Sri Lanka as Catholic leaders cancelled Sunday Masses indefinitely. Meanwhile, the military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and Islamic State group flags in the ongoing raids. Officials from the police to the prime minister say militants remain on the loose and have access to explosives.

Source: CBC News April 27, 2019 02:54 UTC