34 Sri Lankan rebels killed in army attack
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Jan 21, IRNA
Sri Lanka-Army Offensive-LTTE
Stepping up the offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sans the ceasefire, Sri Lankan army killed at least 33 rebels, including two women, in the embattled north and lost one of its soldiers, news reports said.
Troops launched an attack and killed four militants in Madhu and Periyathampane areas of North-western Mannar Monday, PTI reported here quoting army sources.
The army found bodies of two women LTTE cadres after it attacked a line of LTTE bunkers 500 meters south of Adampan in Mannar.
In Jaffna, one soldier was killed in the Kilaly frontline that came under mortar fire last evening, the Defence Ministry said. "Troops retaliated and suppressed the militants' indirect fire," it said.
Despite the raging gunbattles and recent string of attacks by the LTTE after Colombo scrapped the 2002 ceasefire on Jan 16, the government said it will continue with the Feb 4 Independence Day celebrations, though an additional 4,00 troops will be deployed in the capital to bolster security.
On the Nagarkovil front in Jaffna, troops attacked LTTE bunkers and killed two LTTE cadres yesterday, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) reported.
On the Vavuniya front, troops stationed in Vilattikulam confronted a group of rebels on Saturday morning, the MCNS said. Ground troops confirmed that four militants were killed in the incident, it said.
At Mullikulam in North-western Mannar, troops attacked a group of militants and killed three rebels yesterday, the army said.
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