Tamil Tiger guerrillas shot dead three government soldiers after losing two of their own fighters in attacks in eastern Sri Lanka on Sunday, officials said. Government troops killed two members of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the eastern district of Ampara while the rebels retaliated by killing three soldiers in a separate encounter in the same region, local military officials said. The violence came a day after the Tigers carried out a spate of attacks killing six soldiers and two children in the northeastern district of Trincomalee, defence ministry officials said.
Bureau Report