 At least 27 Tamil Tiger rebels and soldiers have been killed in clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Sunday. The military said it killed four rebels during clashes across the northern defence lines in Jaffna early Sunday. Elsewhere, security forces said they had killed 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and injured 11 in fighting across northern areas in the past 24 hours, the ministry said, while placing its own troop losses at three dead. There was no immediate comment from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. |