The shootout between troops and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara, to the south of the town of Batticaloa, site of one of the Easter Sunday blasts at three churches and four luxury hotels. A police spokesman said that three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shoot out.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/fifteen-killed-in-sri-lanka-in-shootout-with-suspected-islamist-militants/articleshow/69067628.cms