Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bomb attack suspects
Sri Lankan policemen carry out a security check on men attending a funeral ceremony for a bomb blast victim in Colombo (AFP Photo/ISHARA S. KODIKARA)/ Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said Thursday. Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said the army increased its deployment by 1,300 to 6,300, with the navy and airforce also deploying 2,000 more personnel. "We are armed with powers to ...
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