(KUNA) -- At least 14 rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and a government soldier were killed in different clashes in Sri Lanka's northern region. The Sri Lankan Army launched an attack on seven LTTE bunkers in Mannar area Saturday, killing eight rebels and injuring 12, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said in a statement in Colombo. One trooper was also killed and six others injured in the incident, MCNS said. In another incident, six LTTE rebels were killed in an Army attack at Palamoddai also in Mannar Friday, news agency Press Trust of India reported.