At least 15 dead during an operation against a jihadist shelter in Sri Lanka

At least 15 people, including six children, were killed Saturday morning during an badault by Sri Lankan security forces against suspected jihadists, the police informed.

At a time when the army and police were trying to break into what they said was a safe haven for the Islamic State (IS) group in Kalmunai (east), three men exploded, killing three people. women and six children

To these deaths are added "three other men" found dead outside the house, also suspected of being suicide bombers, added the police.

The attack resulted in more than an hour of gunfire, said army spokesman Sumith Atapattu. The bodies were discovered in a later record.

Police and the army also reported that a civilian had been the victim of the shooting.

The security forces have not regretted the wounded in their ranks.

On Friday, police said they seized 150 sticks of dynamite and a flag of the Employment Insurance group during a search in Sammanthurai, a nearby town. In this place the video tape of the justification of the attacks of the Easter Sunday, according to the researchers.

In these suicide attacks against churches and luxury hotels, 253 people died.

The leader of the group who led them, Zahran Hashim, who was wanted for five days, died in the attacks, the Sri Lankan authorities announced Friday.

"We now have information that there are about 140 people in Sri Lanka linked to the Islamic State, and we can and we will eliminate them all very quickly," said the country's president, Maithripala Sirisena.