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Nine sailors killed in Sri Lanka blast
 At least nine Sri Lankan sailors have been killed in a landmine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels, the military says. The sailors were travelling in a convoy of several vehicles as they returned to their posts after a vacation, an official says, adding 13 other sailors escaped with injuries. "Eight sailors were killed on the spot and 14 others escaped with injuries and one of them died on the way to hospital," an official in the northern town of Vavuniya said. The incident is the fourth of its kind in the past three weeks. Thirteen sailors died in a similar ambush on December 23, and another 12 died in a mine attack four days later. On Saturday, 15 sailors died in a suicide attack which sank their gun boat in the north-eastern port district of Trincomalee. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-13 |
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