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Sri Lanka detain nearly 100 in anti-Islamist swoops

Military officials inspect a car during security operations. [Photo: AFP]

Sri Lanka's military has detained nearly 100 suspects during four days of search operations against remnants of an Islamist group blamed for the Easter attacks that killed 258, officials said Sunday.

Some 3,000 military personnel were deployed in and around the capital as well as other key towns for cordon-and-search activities that began on Thursday, a military official said.

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