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Sri Lanka |
Suicide blast kills six Tamil Tigers |
2006-03-26 |
![]() In January, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up a similar gunboat, killing 15 sailors, in a suicide attack outside the northeastern port of Trincomalee. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) deployed a woman cadre to ram an explosives-laden vessel into an Israeli-built gunboat, the navy said at the time. The navy this week detained a fishing trawler operated by suspected Tamil rebels off the islandÂ’s troubled northern waters while troops and guerrillas exchanged fire in the Jaffna peninsula. The crew of the trawler are still being held by security forces after they were arrested while operating in a restricted zone off the islandÂ’s north. Sri Lanka has repeatedly accused the Tigers of using the cover of fishermen to launch attacks against the navy. |
Posted by:Fred |