International truce monitors say that they expect Tamil Tigers to hand over the body of the alleged Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier killed in rebel-held territory on Tuesday.
The LTTE said two of their members and a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier were killed near Vavuniya in the rebel-held territory.
There has been a gunfire between the SLA and the LTTE in the area, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) spokesman Thorfinnur Omarsson told BBC Sandeshaya.
Monitors who visited the scene have reported that the alleged SLA soldiers were not wearing military uniforms.
Setting up claymore mines
The SLMM is to make a ruling on the incident after receiving the body, Omarsson said.
But the SLA rejected LTTE claims that their soldiers entered rebel-held territory to set up claymore mines.
“Two soldiers have been abducted by the LTTE in last few days,” military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told bbcsinhala.com.
Rejecting the LTTE claims, he said it one of those soldiers might have been killed in Vavuniya.
"It will only be clear when we recieve the body".
Transporting drugs
Meanwhile, Major Kamal Kariyawasam has been arrested in Vavuniya while transporting 15kg of drugs.
Describing it as “a disgrace” Brig. Samarasinghe said he should be brought into a military court.
In Jaffna, a soldier was killed by a sniper and an LTTE member was shot dead in Jaffna.
The spokesman accused the LTTE pistol group of killing a 56-year old civilian near Jaffna hospital.
Two home guards have been killed in Vavuniya, he added.(http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2006/06/printable/060614_sla_ltte.shtml)
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