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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.

Fifteen dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants

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 a rash of suicide bomber attacks that killed more than 250 people.

Bodies of 15 found after gun battle on Sri Lanka's eastern coast

Sri Lankan security forces raided a safe house of Islamic State affiliated militants in the east of the country and killed at least two men in an exchange of fire, news agency AFP reported quoting military spokesman.

Sri Lanka troops kill two suspected IS gunmen; explosives found during raid 

Several countries have issued warnings to their citizens in Sri Lanka even as the United States has not only asked family members of its diplomats to leave the country but also is working overtime to make sure it happens.

Sri Lanka attacks: US asks family of diplomats to leave; other missions issue warning 

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.

Sri Lankan police looking for 140 with Islamic State links: President Sirisena 

Sri Lanka's police chief, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has resigned on Friday over failures that led to terror attacks which targeted the churches and hotels in the capital city.

Sri Lanka police chief resigns over bombings: Sirisena

Sri Lanka has released photographs of six suspects, including three women, wanted for their involvement in the deadly Easter attacks that killed nearly 250 people.

Sri Lanka releases photos of suspects of church, hotel bombings that killed nearly 250 

By Greg Barton In the wake of any tragedy, it should be enough to grieve and stand in solidarity with those who mourn. With a massive toll – about 250 dead, according to revised government figures – it feels disrespectful to the people of Sri Lanka to be dissecting what went wrong even as the dead are being buried.

Sri Lanka attacks serve as a reminder that Islamic State is very far from being a spent force

Fresh details are emerging about SL terror attacks. Perpetrators are educated, wealthy & well-travelled.

Sri Lanka on Easter Massacre: Probe continues

As a state of emergency took effect Tuesday giving the Sri Lankan military war-time powers, police arrested 60 suspects, including the driver of a van allegedly used by suicide bombers involved in deadly Easter bombings.

Sri Lanka blasts: 60 suspects arrested, 32 in CID custody

The Palm Sunday serial suicide attacks are the worst in Sri Lanka’s history, shattering its ten-year long tryst with freedom from terrorism following a 30-year civil war which ended in May 2009.

ISIS-linked attacks in Sri Lanka will have a long term impact on politics and society

Death Toll Rises To 321 As Sri Lanka Faces Its Biggest Crisis Since The Civil War. ISIS Claims Responsibility ISIS claims responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attacks on Sunday. Sri Lankan government believes that the suicide bombings were a retaliation to the New Zealand terror attacks in March. Palki sums up the latest

Gravitas: Sri Lanka Easter massacre; ISIS claims responsibility

New Zealand PM says no intelligence linking Sri Lanka attacks to Christchurch. Watch video to know more.

New Zealand PM says no intelligence linking Sri Lanka attacks to Christchurch

Sri Lankan police have taken a Syrian national into custody for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels. "The terrorist investigation division of the police arrested a Syrian national following the attacks for interrogation," a source said.

Sri Lanka detains Syrian national for questioning over attacks: Sources

St Anthony’s church, Kochchikade, Sri Lanka is one of the targets of terrorist attack in Sri Lanka. Built in 1828 the church has historical significance. WION's Sidhant Sibal spoke to the head priest of the church Jude Fernando, who not only called for forgiveness but also spoke against seeking revenge.

'We forgive perpetrators of church attack,' says head priest of Sri Lanka's St Anthony's church to WION  

Survivors of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 321 people recounted the horrors of the blasts and buried their dead relatives, as the first images of a suspected bomber were released by authorities on Tuesday (April 23).

Survivors recount horrors of blast and bury dead relatives

A Pakistani analyst says the "spectacular nature and coordination" of the Sri Lankan suicide blasts that killed at least 310 people likely points to a connection between the attackers and "more sophisticated groups."

Sri Lanka bombings: It would've taken months and months to plan these attacks

Watch: Lawrence Sellin is a retired U.S. Army and has spoken to WION on Sri Lanka bombings. Watch the full video to know more.

Lawrence Sellin, Retired U.S. Army colonel speaks to WION on Sri Lanka blasts

Easter Sunday (April 21) bomb blasts at three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and wounded at least 450, police officials said, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

Sri Lanka bombings death toll passes 200, seven arrested

Seven people were arrested and three police officers were killed during a raid on a house in Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday. Meanwhile, the death toll from the multiple bombings at Sri Lankan churches and hotels rose past 200, police and local media said.

Sri Lanka multiple blasts: Seven arrested, death toll passes 200

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