(KUNA) -- At least 14 rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been killed by the security forces in a series of clashes in nothern Sri Lanka. As many as 10 LTTE rebels were killed on Monday in Kandaperumakulama, Pokkaravani and Navatkulama areas in Vavunia, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said in a statement in Colombo Tuesday. In Mannar region two LTTE rebels were killed also yesterday. In another incident, troopers killed two LTTE cadres in Jaffna region, the Defence Ministry said. The Defence Ministry also said that Army personnel have taken control of a part of LTTE-held Thampane in Vavuniya-Mannar region in northern Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, pro-LTTE Tamilnet website today claimed that one Sri Lankan army man was killed and 28 others injured in three separate clashes in Mannar on Sunday.