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Fifteen killed in Sri Lanka in shootout with suspected Islamist militants

By Ranga Sirilal

 

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lankan Special Task Force soldiers stand guard in front of a mosque as a Muslim man walks past him during the Friday prayers at a mosque, five days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on Catholic churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

 

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.

 

The shootout between troops and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara, to the south of the town of Batticaloa, site of one of the Easter Sunday blasts at three churches and four luxury hotels.

 

A police spokesman said that three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shoot out.

 

Military spokesman Sumith Atapattu said in a statement that as troops headed towards the safe house 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 militants were suspected members of the National Towheed Jama'at (NTJ), which has been blamed for last Sunday's attacks.

 

The government has said nine homegrown, well-educated suicide bombers carried out the Easter Sunday attacks, eight of whom had been identified. One was a woman.

 

Police said on Friday they were trying to track down 140 people they believe have links with Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings.

 

Police have detained at least 76 people, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt, in their investigations so far.

 

Islamic State provided no evidence to back its claim that it was behind the attacks. If true, it would be one of the worst attacks carried out by the group outside Iraq and Syria.

 

The extremist group released a video on Tuesday showing eight men, all but one with their faces covered, standing under a black Islamic State flag and declaring their loyalty to its leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-04-27

[arithai12]

25 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

A police spokesman said that three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shoot out

A suicide bomber should be already dead, and in small pieces. 

[sungod]

Maybe they were 'prospects' ????

 

Anyway, they are dead, that's the main thing.

Edited April 27, 2019 by sungod

[simple1]

3 hours ago, sungod said:

Maybe they were 'prospects' ????

 

Anyway, they are dead, that's the main thing.

sadly including six innocents - children

[NotYourBusiness]

According to Forbes, in 2018, of the 18,814 deaths caused by terrorists around the world last year, well over half were due to the actions of just four groups: Islamic State, the Taliban, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. These happen to all under a certain religion of peace. Scanning down the article are listed dozens more groups of that same religion of peace. I had to scan all the way to the end of the article before I found far-right and white supremacists, responsible for 17 deaths.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2018/12/05/deadliest-terrorist-groups-in-the-world/

[atyclb]

5 hours ago, arithai12 said:

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

A police spokesman said that three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shoot out

A suicide bomber should be already dead, and in small pieces.

 

pretty clear they were suicide bombers preparing for a mission.

[Wilsonandson]

What a PC world we live in. Islamic terrorists are now labelled militants.

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[emptypockets]

 

Apparently ISIS are having trouble recruiting suicide bombers 

even with the promise of 72 virgins after the prospects saw a photo of Susan Boyle on the the Internet and realised what a virgin looked like.

[Trouble]

8 hours ago, simple1 said:

sadly including six innocents - children

Well that's life (death). Hard for me to feel sorry when 250 innocents were murdered. The kids would have probably been brought up radical Islamists anyway. Maybe if terrorists knew their acts would take out three generations of their families they might not get involved in terrorist acts. Maybe the North Korean model should be used.

[simple1]

4 hours ago, Trouble said:

Well that's life (death). Hard for me to feel sorry when 250 innocents were murdered. The kids would have probably been brought up radical Islamists anyway. Maybe if terrorists knew their acts would take out three generations of their families they might not get involved in terrorist acts. Maybe the North Korean model should be used.

We differ. The murder of children (infanticide) is a loss for humanity. To state the murders of the children by the mother are justified is ridiculous. The model used by North Korea is horrific, for a member to express support for State sanctioned murder is IMO appalling. 

Edited April 27, 2019 by simple1

[Scott]

Inflammatory post removed.  

[JimmyTheMook]

Fortunate and unfortunate that some of the adult males could not be properly interrogated before their one way ticket to Allah was issued.

 

  

[Benmart]

The pathetic posters who use this story as a springboard for their perverse humour is not surprising. I suspect they are fueled by alcohol which stimulates the few functioning areas of the brain that control their basic life functions. 

[RJRS1301]

14 hours ago, NotYourBusiness said:

According to Forbes, in 2018, of the 18,814 deaths caused by terrorists around the world last year, well over half were due to the actions of just four groups: Islamic State, the Taliban, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. These happen to all under a certain religion of peace. Scanning down the article are listed dozens more groups of that same religion of peace. I had to scan all the way to the end of the article before I found far-right and white supremacists, responsible for 17 deaths.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2018/12/05/deadliest-terrorist-groups-in-the-world/

You can add 52 more deaths from Christchurch unfortunately

[RJRS1301]

2 hours ago, simple1 said:

We differ. The murder of children (infanticide) is a loss for humanity. To state the murders of the children by the mother are justified is ridiculous. The model used by North Korea is horrific, for a member to express support for State sanctioned murder is IMO appalling. 

Agreed.

Fundamentalists of any description are fairly concerning.

Religion has a lot to answer for irrespective of the dogma 

[NotYourBusiness]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

You can add 52 more deaths from Christchurch unfortunately

Good point and yes tragic. A clash of civilizations is coming and it will be ugly.

Edited April 28, 2019 by NotYourBusiness

[Rimmer]

An off topic post has been removed, topic is not about immigration or George Clooney