(KUNA) -- At least 35 rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and three government soldiers have been killed in fresh clashes in battle-fatigued Northern region of Sri Lanka. At least two LTTE rebels were killed Monday in Navatkulam in Vavuniya, Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said in a statement in Colombo. Five more LTTE rebels were killed in Muhamalai yesterday, Sri Lanka's Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said today. As many as three LTTE rebels were gunned down in Kiribbanwewa area in Welioya yesterday, MCNS said.In another incident, five LTTE cadres were killed in Andankulam area also in Welioya yesterday, the Defence Ministry said. Five more rebels and two soldiers were killed in Janakpura in Welioya yesterday, the MCNS said. Four rebels were killed in different incidents in Pandivirichchan, Vilayathikulam and Kallikulam areas of Vavuniya yesterday, the Defence Ministry said. In Mannar, troops yesterday killed three rebels in Kanthankulam, two in Sirikulam and one each in Parayakulam, Nedunkandal and Nedunkulam areas of the region, the MCNS said. Another three rebels were killed in Kappankulam area of Mannar yesterday, the Ministry said, addding one soldier was killed in Parayakulam area of Mannar yesterday.