At least 16 people — including six children — are dead and two suspected terrorists on the run after a shootout between police and alleged militants in eastern Sri Lanka late Friday, authorities said.
Sainthamaruthu, Sri Lanka At least 16 people -- including six children -- are dead and two suspected terrorists on the run after a shootout between police and alleged militants in eastern Sri Lanka late Friday, authorities said.
At daybreak, a gruesome scene was revealed at the raided house in the town of Sainthamaruthu on the country's eastern coast -- charred bodies and the roof entirely blown off during three explosions.Among those killed, six are suspected terrorists and 10 are civilians -- including one woman who was passing on a rickshaw at the time of the raid. Police are investigating the possible relationship of the civilians to the suspected terrorists.
CNN goes inside St. Anthony's Church after terror attack 02:13Meanwhile Sri Lankan authorities have been attempting to root out"sleeper" cells that could initiate another round of attacks, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told CNN on Thursday."Every household in the country will be checked," President Maithripala Sirisena told a news conference, according to a statement.
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