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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. [Photo: 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.

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