Muslim residents raised first alert about terror safehouse raided by Lankan army | World News, The Indian Express

Muslim residents raised first alert about terror safehouse raided by Lankan army | World News, The Indian Express

Written by Arun Janardhanan |Updated: April 29, 2019 12:29:50 pm

Muslim residents raised first alert about terror safehouse raided by Lankan army

At least 15 people, including children, are believed to have been killed in the raid, including the father and two brothers of Zaharan Hashim, the suspected mastermind behind the Easter Sunday blasts that killed over 250 people in churches and hotels across the country.

A police officer inspects the site of a gun battle between troops and suspected Islamist militants, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, in Kalmunai. (Reuters)

IT WAS a group of local Muslim youngsters that first raised the alarm about the terrorist safehouse near the coastal town of Kalmunai in Sri Lanka’s eastern Ampara district, leading to a raid by security forces Friday night killing 15 people inside, residents told The Indian Express.