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The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police, the militant group said in a statement.

The men set off explosives after an hour-long gun battle with police Saturday, inside what was believed to be a jihadist hideout near the eastern town of Kalmunai, in the latest fallout from the Easter attacks.

In a statement posted Saturday by the IS propaganda unit the Amaq News Agency, IS said the three men were part of the Islamic State group and detonated their bombs after the fight with police.

The statement said the men “clashed with them (Sri Lankan police) with automatic weapons, and after exhausting their ammunition, detonated on them their explosive belts.” Fifteen people died in the clashes, police said, including three women and six children.

The violence came six days after the Easter Day bombings on three churches and three luxury hotels which killed at least 253 people and injured 500.

Security forces armed with emergency powers have stepped up search operations for Islamic extremists since the bombings.

Kalmunai is in the same region as the home town of the jihadist Zahran Hashim who founded the group accused of staging the attacks.(AFP)


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  • Harin Sunday, 28 April 2019 10:05 AM

    The statement says the terrorist killed 17 security personnel too.

    Scooby Doo Sunday, 28 April 2019 11:18 AM

    In future IS will claim responsibility for natural disasters too and our fools will keep on believing. Our country men will never understand the political agenda behind this.

    TONY Sunday, 28 April 2019 10:28 PM

    WHAT DO THEY ACHIEVE. WHAT DO THEY WANT. HOW CAN THEY HAVE A SOUND SLEEP AFTER KILLING LIVES. ALL MUSLIMS DENOUNCE THEIR ACTIONS

    Kalu Monday, 29 April 2019 08:42 AM

    All Muslims? Did you take a vote, there are Muslims who supporting it.


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