Two soldiers were killed and one was injured Sunday in two separate mine attacks carried out by suspected Tamil rebels in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. News agency Indo-Asian News Service quoting an army spokesman, reported from capital Colombo that 20 to 25 soldiers who were on a road clearing mission were attacked by anti-personnel Claymore mine at in Vavuniya, about 250 kilometers north of the capital. One soldier was killed on the spot and another was injured, the spokesman said.
In another incident in the eastern district of Trincomalee, a soldier who was on a road clearing mission, was killed in the mine attack, the spokesman added. Over 250 people have been killed since the beginning of April, which has endangered the Norwegian backed ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels, the agency reported. |