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| Sri Lanka |
| 68 killed in fresh Lankan fighting |
| 2008-09-02 |
| At least 68 people, including two civilians, were killed over the weekend amid clashes between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels, the defence ministry said yesterday. Four government troops were killed in a mortar attack carried out by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas in the rebel-held Wanni region on Saturday, the ministry said. It said troops also recovered the bodies of 10 rebels killed by troops and estimated the total number of guerrillas killed over the weekend's fighting to be 62. Separately, gunmen shot dead two men in Jaffna on Sunday, the ministry said, blaming the attacks on the LTTE. |
| Posted by:Fred |