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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lankan military positions attacked by rebels in north |
| 2008-07-30 |
| (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan military said two government soldiers were injured Tuesday morning in the northern Jaffna peninsula as Tamil Tiger rebels violated their self-declared ceasefire and launched artillery attacks against government positions. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired about 10 rounds of heavy artillery at the troops' Muhamalai Forward Defense Line between 6 a.m. (1230 GMT) and 6:30 a.m. (0100 GMT) local time. "Two soldiers have sustained injuries due to the attack," said the statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |