Two pronged SLA offensive attempt thwarted in Vavuniyaa - LTTE
[TamilNet, Sunday, 06 April 2008, 14:57 GMT]
At least 9 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and more than 13
SLA soldiers wounded when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE)
confronted the SLA on two fronts at Paalamoaddai in Vavuniya - Mannaar
border Sunday. Heavy fighting raged from 8:30 a.m. till 5:40 p.m.
until the SLA troops were withdrawn, according to LTTE's Operations
Command in Vavuniyaa. Due to heavy artillery barrage, the remaining 32
families in Koayil Kugnchukku'lam and Kungnchukku'lam have displaced
from their villages.
Civilian casualties were avoided as hundreds of families had already
displaced from the villages, the Tigers said.
The LTTE Operations command did not provide details on Tiger
casualties.
A clearing mission, launched by the Tigers, was continuing after the
fighting.
On Saturday, SLA fired at LTTE positions in Paalmoaddai with Medium
Machine Guns and Rocket Propelled Grenades around 11:45 a.m. and the
SLA withdrew after Tigers retaliated with mortar fire for 20 minutes,
according to LTTE military spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan on Saturday.
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