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Lankan troops kill 19 civilians: Tigers

28 rebels, 4 soldiers die in fighting

AFP, AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan government commandos yesterday killed 19 civilians in mine attacks inside the guerrilla-held north of the island, the rebels said.
A statement from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said an army "Deep Penetration Unit" set off a fragmentation mine against a minibus packed with civilians near the rebel’s main base ofKilinochchi.
It said 17 people, all members of the same extended family, died in
the attack.
Meanwhile, the pro-rebel Tamilnet website said government commandos also bombed an ambulance inside the guerrilla-held north, killing two civilians.
There was no immediate word from the Sri Lankan defence ministry, which does not comment on the operations of its special forces. It also bars journalists from travelling to frontline areas or crossing into rebel-held territory.
The Sri Lankan government, however, said it had inflicted more heavy losses on Tamil Tiger rebels
in fierce fighting in the island's north on Thursday and Friday.
The defence ministry said at least 28 LTTE members were killed, while four government soldiers were slain.
The latest battles erupted Thursday in the Jalfna, Vavuniya, Mannar and Welioya areas bordering the rebel-held territory, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara.
In the worst of the fighting soldiers killed 11 insurgents in three separate clashes in Vavuniya, Nanayakkara said, adding that 10
soldiers were wounded there.
Other buttles in the three areas killed 11 rebels and two soldiers, he
Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilantliirayan could not immediately be reached for comment.
The reported deaths bring to 3,821 the number of rebels the government says It has killed since the start of the year, when it pulled out of a Norwegian-brokered truce with the LTTE.
It has acknowledged tire loss of 294 of its soldiers over the same period.