Colombo (AFP) Sri Lanka's security forces have stormed a hideout of IS allies and killed at least two alleged extremists. Armed men opened fire on the security forces in the Kalmunai city in the eastern part of the country in the storming of the hiding place, whereupon firefights broke out, the army said Saturday. A civilian who had fallen into the line of fire was also killed.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's army kills two alleged IS extremists
2019-04-27T02:43:18.055Z
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