Sri Lankan police said on Saturday that they found 15 bodies, including six children, after a raid in the eastern part of the country on militants linked to the Easter blasts.
"Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara gave the figures early Saturday after a gunfight between soldiers and the suspected militants near Sammanthurai," according to New York Times.
some of the dead likely were militants who blew themselves up in suicide bombings," Gunasekara said.
The gun battle between troops and suspected militants took place Friday night in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara. The police and military said four gunmen and a civilian were killed in the shootout.
At least 260 people were killed and 500 others injured, after eight simultaneous blasts hit three Sri Lankan churches and three five star hotels in the southwest of the country on Easter.
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