Heavy Battles Grip Sri Lanka As Troops Keep Up Offensive -- Yahoo News/AFPCOLOMBO (AFP) - Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought heavy battles in northern Sri Lanka with another 34 combatants killed in fresh clashes, the defence ministry said Friday.
Troops encountered stiff resistance from the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as troops tried to move deeper into rebel territory, defence officials said.
The ministry said 30 rebels were killed and another 27 wounded in fighting since Thursday, while security forces lost four soldiers killed and another 14 wounded.
The latest casualty figures raise the number of rebels reported killed by troops since January to 6,363. The military says 613 soldiers were killed during the same period.
The figures cannot be independently verified.
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My Comment: This 25 year conventional conflict is now coming to an end.
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