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Sri Lanka
Two soldiers killed, another injured in mine attack in Sri Lanka
2006-05-22
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.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Since when do Claymore mines attack people? In my ignorance I had supposed mines were poor, passive thingies that exploded when stepped upon by those ignorant of their presence or exact location.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-05-22 12:15  

#1  Did a mental double-take at the headline, first thought was "What are they digging out of that Mine that's so valuable as to be a target?"

Can we say "Landmine" in the future?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-05-22 10:47  

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