(KUNA) -- Five rebels were killed on Wednesday when Sri Lankan Army helicopters attacked a base of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northern region of the country. The attack on the LTTE base in Kurakkandal area of Mannar killed five rebels, said Sri Lanka's Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) in Colombo.Five LTTE cadres and two security personnel were killed in Mannar yesterday, MSNC said, adding that another three rebels were killed in Andankulam and Wettambukulam areas in the same region. In Jaffna's Nagarkovil area yesterday, a LTTE rebel was killed, said Sri Lankan Defence Ministry in a statement today. One more rebel was killed in Nagarkovil. In Karamakkulam area of Vavuniya, a rebel was killed yesterday, the statement said. In a separate incident in Palamodai in Mannar three rebels were killed yesterday, the Ministry said. Three more rebels were killed in Vilattikulam in Vavuniya.