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Sri Lanka: 36 rebels killed as gov’t troops, rebels clash in north
Fri. August 29, 2008 12:51 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -
(SomaliNet) Some 36 rebels and five soldiers were killed amidst fierce fighting between government troops and separatist Tamil Tigers across Sri Lanka's embattled north, the military said on Thursday.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said the latest violence occurred on Wednesday along the front lines separating government-controlled territory and the rebels' de facto state in the north.
He added that army troops and the air force launched a joint offensive on rebel bunkers in Kilinochchi district, triggering a furious battle that killed 18 rebels and four soldiers. The same fighting wounded 31 soldiers.
Nanayakkara said scattered battles in Vavuniya killed 12 rebels and one soldier, while in Welioya region six rebels died.
Separately, 122 trainee soldiers were hospitalised due to food poisoning in the eastern Ampara district, Nanayakkara said.
Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not be reached for comment.-AP
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