Sri Lanka troops kill four suspected IS gunmen Police later said clearing operations on Saturday showed a total of four suspected suicide bombers had died during the overnight confrontation.

Colombo, April 27, 2019 -Sri Lankan security forces exchanged fire with suspected Islamic State affiliated militants and killed at least four of them in the east of the country, police and the military said Saturday. 

Gunmen opened fire on troops when they attempted to storm a house in the town of Kalmunai, military 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. 

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