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Fresh clashes kill 12 in Sri Lanka
At least 12 people including two civilians died in fighting in Sri Lankas troubled northern and eastern regions, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Troops shot dead four members of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) along the de facto frontline with guerrilla-held territory at Vavuniya in the north of the island on Monday, the ministry said. It said six more Tigers were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the north and the east in the 24 hours ending Tuesday noon. The civilians were gunned down by suspected Tamil rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Monday, the ministry said. It did not say if troops suffered any casualties in the various clashes with Tiger rebels. Posted by: Fred 2007-11-14 |
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