Nine people have been killed and more than 20 injured in fresh violence in Sri Lanka
Nine people have been killed and more than 20 injured in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s eastern and northern regions.
Suspected LTTE rebels set off a powerful land mine at Kovilkandy in Jaffna today, killing a soldier and wounding 17 while troops were on a routine patrol, military officials said.
The attack came after the Tigers gunned down a civilian in the Jaffna town, the Defence Ministry said.
It said five Tiger rebels were also shot dead by security forces while the guerrillas were laying mines in the north-eastern Weli Oya region.
In the same area, the guerrillas fired mortars at a village killing a civilian and injuring four others, including a two-year-old child, the ministry said.
