The final rites of the sixteen people who died during explosions which took place inside a house in Sainthamaruthu, Kalmunai was held without religious rituals on Wednesday under Police intervention.
The final rites of these persons were conducted in this manner in accordance to appeals put forward by the Muslim priests in the area.
A special joint search operation was carried out by the Sri Lanka army, police and the special task force on April 26 in the Sainthamaruthu area.
They had to engage in a fierce gun battle with a group of militants who barricaded themselves inside a house and later killed themselves using explosives, which resulted in the death of six children.
One of the six terrorists found dead was identified as Mohamed Niyas, known to the authorities as a prominent member of the National Tawheed Jamath. He was later identified by the Army as the brother-in-law of the alleged ringleader of the Easter Sunday attacks, Zahran Hashim.
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