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41 killed in fresh Sri Lanka clashes
At least 35 Tamil Tiger rebels and six government soldiers were killed in fresh clashes in Sri Lankas north on Monday, the defence ministry said.Troops resisted a Tamil Tiger attack in the Mannar district and killed at least 35 guerrillas and wounded many more, the ministry said. It said six of its soldiers were killed and another 20 wounded in the latest outbreak of clashes. The fighting was concentrated along the frontline separating the rebel-held Wanni region from the rest of the island. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) maintain a mini-state in the north. There was no immediate reaction from the LTTE to the latest claim, which came a day after the ministry said 47 rebels and five soldiers were killed in clashes on Saturday and Sunday in the same region. Bomb found: Security forces on Monday found a roadside bomb in a residential area where top politicians, officials and senior military live, the defence ministry said. Police and air force bomb disposal units, acting on a tip-off, found the bomb hidden in a parcel at a high-security zone where several ministers and military commanders have their official quarters, the ministry said. The bomb was found opposite the home of a Tamil legislator MK Shivagilingam of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), seen as being sympathetic to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The military has blamed the Tigers for two bomb attacks that killed 21 people and wounded 40 in the capital last week. But it was not immediately clear how the bomb found Monday had been taken inside a high-security zone. Posted by: Fred 2007-12-04 |
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