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Sunday, July 26, 1998

Lanka fighting

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA  
COLOMBO, July 25: Nine Tamil rebels and two soldiers were killed and over 30 injured on both sides in a fierce encounter when the troops repulsed a major Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack in northern Jaffna, Sri Lankan army said here today.

Troops retaliated with small arms, mortars and artillery, after over 70 well-armed LTTE guerrillas came in small boats yesterday and attacked the army bunker lines at Gurunagar, a small harbour near Jaffna, a defence press release said.

Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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