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| Sri Lankan forces, Tamil rebels exchange artillery, mortar fire |
| 2006-10-14 |
| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Army forces and Tamil Tigers exchanged artillery and mortar fire in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, the military said, days after hundreds of combatants were killed in some of the bloodiest battles since a 2002 cease-fire accord. Tamil rebels fired artillery and mortars across the defence line in Muhamalai on Jaffna peninsula overnight, wounding four soldiers, said an officer at the Media Centre for National Security, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with policy. He said there was continuing sporadic artillery fire from both sides along the defence line. In northern Vavuniya, the northernmost government-held garrison town before rebel-held territory, one soldier was killed and three wounded when rebels attacked an army patrol, said an officer attached to the Media Centre for National Security, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with policy. He said the soldiers repulsed the attack, but rebel casualties were not known immediately. |
| Posted by:Steve White |