{"id":311692,"date":"2019-04-27T05:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T05:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=311692"},"modified":"2019-04-27T05:45:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T05:45:21","slug":"15-killed-in-gunbattle-as-police-raids-terror-hideouts-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/15-killed-in-gunbattle-as-police-raids-terror-hideouts-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"15 killed in gunbattle as police raids terror hideouts in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/sikh-store-owner-stabbed-to-death-in-us-state-of-new-jersey\/crime-scene\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-301486\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-696x476.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene.jpg 711w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-614x420.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a>Fifteen people including six children were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up during a shootout with security forces in the east coast of Sri Lanka, police said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The shootout between security forces and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to the police spokesman, three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shootout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As per the reports, militants were suspected members of the National Towheed Jama\u2019at (NTJ), which was behind the deadly Easter Sunday bombings in which over 250 people were killed and about 500 injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Authorities said the militants set off three explosions and opened fire. At least three others were wounded in the attack are in hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Police said that they were trying to track down people they believe have links with Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Nine suicide bombers carried out a series of devastating explosions that tore through three churches and luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen people including six children were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up during a shootout with security forces in the east coast of Sri Lanka, police said on Saturday. The shootout between security forces and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening. 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