Fresh clashes between the security forces and the LTTE broke out last night (02) at 9 p.m, in the Mullikulama, Kalmadu area in the Vavuniya District with both sides exchanging heavy artillery barrages.
The military troops launched a decisive retaliatory attack, engaging heavy artillery and mortars at identified LTTE gun positions north west of Vavuniya, initial reports said.
LTTE flanks were repulsed due to the heavy military thrust, where it is believed that a large number of terrorists are entrapped in Mullikulama area. Meanwhile, it is said that the troops are trying to cutoff the escape routes.
According to military officials the army troops have 'sledge hammered' the main terrorist offensive line, leaving large number of LTTE bodies scattered in the area. LTTE casualties are believed, to be high with soaring death figures, according to intercepted enemy communications.
Latest reports said that three soldiers succumbed to their injuries, while twenty others with minor wounds were admitted to the General Hospital at Anuradhapura. Military reports confirm that the entrapped terrorists were in a desperate situation with soaring casualties while no LTTE reinforcement has been able to reach from the un-liberated areas.
LTTE mounted the recent offensive against the security forces ahead of a proposed visit by the Japanese Peace envoy Yasushi Akashi to the Wanni.
Further details will follow.
(http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070603_07)
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