 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 Tamil Tigers rebels were killed by government troops in Sri Lanka's northern Vavuniya district, the military said on Sunday. The Media Center for National Security said in a statement that the troops attacked a group of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels" who were preparing to launch an attack around West of Omanthai, Murunthankulam on Saturday." The monitored LTTE communications revealed that 13 terrorists were killed in the incident, said the statement, adding that the remained LTTE members fled, carrying with them the injured and some of their dead. No casualties have been reported about the troops, the statement said. |