Sri Lankan soldiers killed seven Tamil Tigers in the island's restive north, while another rebel wearing a belt packed with explosives blew himself up to avoid capture, the military said on Tuesday.
Troops killed six rebels in a gunbattle in the northern district of Vavuniya on Monday after they were ambushed, while one rebel was shot dead and the other committed suicide in a separate incident in the district on Tuesday. "The army fired and killed one terrorist who tried to attack them with a hand grenade and another blew himself when troops tried to arrest him," a spokesman at the Media Centre for National Security said, declining to be named in line with policy. Two soldiers were wounded in the explosion, he added. The Tigers were not immediately available for comment. |