The LTTE and government Special Forces clashed in Vavuniya yesterday resulting in casualties on both sides.
LTTE military wing spokesman Rasiah Illentheriyan, in an emailed statement, claimed that a team of Sri Lankan Special Forces were confronted by the LTTE at the Palamoddai fortification in Vavuniya last afternoon and 4 troopers were killed and at least 6 others injured in the fighting.
He added that following a search of the area the LTTE recovered one dead body of a government trooper, three T-56 assault rifles, ammunition, night vision scopes and other military equipment. He said that one LTTE cadre was also killed in the confrontation. The dead body of the soldier is to be handed over to the ICRC today.
However the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said that an attack had taken place in Navatkulam, Vavuniya last morning when a military foot patrol confronted a group of LTTE cadres and killed one.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/17/news/09.asp)
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