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A Sri Lankan town grew suspicious of the newcomers. Then came mayhem.

Sainthamaruthu | They arrived a day or two after the Easter Sunday bombings and moved into a low-slung house behind a high wall and black metal gate, unloading boxes from a pale gray minivan.

But the neighbours in the seaside town of Sainthamaruthu soon began to suspect that something wasn't right. Finally, a group of local residents asked the new arrivals - men, women and children - to leave town.

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