| Sri Lankan troops killed 10 Tamil Tigers in fighting near a “border” that separates government and rebel-held terrain in northern Sri Lanka, the military said yesterday. The fighting took place as Japanese special peace envoy Yasushi Akashi visited the army-held Jaffna to attend a conference to promote multi religious cooperation for peace in Sri Lanka. The fighting in the northern Jaffna Peninsula, northern district of Vavuniya and north western district of Mannar were the latest engagements in a renewed civil war amid near daily air raids, bombings and land and sea battles. “There were two incidents today in Jaffna, troops killed five terrorists,” said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, adding no army personnel were hurt. The Tigers, who are seeking to carve out an independent state in north and east Sri Lanka, were not immediately available for comment on the fighting. |