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Sri Lanka troops kill two suspected IS gunmen

COLOMBO, April 27, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – 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, the military said
Saturday.

Gunmen opened fire on troops when they attempted to storm the house in the
town of Kalmunai, spokesman Sumith Atapattu said. “In our retaliatory fire,
two gunmen were killed,” he said adding that a civilian caught in the
crossfire was also killed.

BSS/AFP/SSS/0824 hrs