Bodies of Sainthamaruthu terrorists buried sans rituals

The bodies of ten terrorists, who died following the explosion that took place in a house in Sainthamaruthu, were buried today without religious rituals, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

He said the relevant religious leaders in the area had instructed that those ten bodies to be buried without religious ritual.

However, the police buried the six bodies of children who died in the Sainthamaruthu explosion with religious ritual.

Sixteen persons including several suicide bombers were killed following the explosion on April 26 at a house when police hunted for suspects linked to the Easter Sunday bomb attack leader Mohamed Zahran Hashim.(Darshana Sanjeewa)

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