At least 36 fighters of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and an army personnel were killed in fierce clashes in the restive northern Sri Lanka, the military said here today.
"Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam communication intercepts confirmed that four LTTE militants were killed in a confrontation at Pulipankayarkulam yesterday," the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said, adding one soldier was also killed in the incident.
In another incident, troops killed an activists of the Tamil Tigers at Venkalaveedikulam in Vavuniya on Saturday, it said. In Ilamaranthankulam, at least two militants were killed in a separate clashes with troops, the MCNS said.
In northeastern Welioya in Vavuniya, a militant was gunned down at Kokkuthuduwai yesterday, the army said. Four militants were killed at Thalikulam in Vavuniya in clashes with security forces yesterday, it said.
Meanwhile, troops killed 15 militants and injured many in the LTTE-held Palaikkuli general area in north of mannar following a fierce clash yesterday, the defence ministry said in a statement today. In another incident at Koviyathottam, Gurunagar in Jaffna, one Tamil Tiger activist committed suicide to escape arrest by the security forces.
Meanwhile, at Vilathikulam yesterday, troops recovered two bodies of LTTE fighters during a search operation, the MCNS said. A soldier was reportedly killed in LTTE small arms fire at general area in Narikkulam in Mannar.
"Army troops in three separate incidents, moved forward and destroyed three LTTE bunkers in the general areas of Muhalmale, Nagarkovil and Kilaly in Jaffna around 9.30 pm yesterday and killed six militants," the military said, adding two soldiers were also injured in the incident.
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