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Sri Lankan troops clash with Tigers
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The military said its soldiers pushed into Tamil Tiger territory and
destroyed 24 enemy bunkers [EPA]
Sri Lankan government troops have killed 15 Tamil Tiger fighters in clashes
across the front lines in the embattled northern Jaffn Peninsula, according
to military officials.
Backed by artillery and mortar fire, soldiers pushed into Tiger-held
territory and destroyed 24 bunkers early on Monday, the military said. Two
of its soldiers were killed.
Nine soldiers were wounded, brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, a military
spokesman, said.
There was no immediate comment from the Tigers.
It was not possible to independently verify the military's claims as the
fighting took place deep in the northern jungles, where access is
restricted.
Both sides often release inflated casualty figures for their opponents while
lowering their own.
Violence surge
Violence has intensified in the Indian Ocean island nation since the
government announced early this month that it was scrapping a six-year-old
ceasefire between the government and the Tamil Tigers, a pact that had
largely been ignored in recent years. The truce officially ended last
Wednesday.
At least 36 insurgents and one soldier were killed in weekend clashes across
the island's northern region, a flashpoint in the country's ethnic,
separatist war.
Senior military officials have vowed to dismantle the Tigers' de facto state
in parts of the north this year, and to then hunt down those that remaining
fighting in the jungle.
More than 400 people have been killed in renewed violence across the country
since the government withdrew from the truce, according to military figures.
The Tigers have been fighting since 1983 for an independent state in the
north and east for the country's ethnic Tamil minority after decades of
being marginalsed by Sinhalese-dominated governments.
The fighting has killed more than 70,000 people.
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