10 civilians and 6 suspected terrorists killed in police raid in Sri Lanka

[RadishRose]

Ten civilians — including six children — are dead, along with six suspected terrorists, after a shootout between police and alleged militants in eastern Sri Lanka late Friday, authorities said.
At least two suspected terrorists are on the run following an explosion that witnesses told CNN turned the house “into fire.”


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 is 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.


Earlier on Friday, authorities seized a large cache of explosives, 100,000 ball bearings and ISIS uniforms and flags from a separate garage a few miles from the shootout.

https://fox2now.com/2019/04/27/10-c...errorists-killed-in-police-raid-in-sri-lanka/

 

[WhatInThe]

The group and original attack was big. I think it involved much more sophistication and planning than local authorities anticipated. That group apparently learned bomb making pretty well.

Too bad more civilians got killed bringing these ps'os to justice.

RIP

 

[Warrigal]

The group and original attack was big. I think it involved much more sophistication and planning than local authorities anticipated. That group apparently learned bomb making pretty well.

Too bad more civilians got killed bringing these ps'os to justice.

RIP

Yes, it is sad about the innocents who were killed but they were planning to kill many more, judging by the stash of detonators and other bomb making materials in the apartment. Lives were saved here but it is a pity that the Sri Lankan authorities did not take seriously warnings from Indian intelligence. Many more lives might have been spared if they did.