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LTTE’s bunker line destroyed

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan military on Tuesday claimed that at least 27 Tamil Tiger cadres were killed and several injured along the Forward Defence Lines (FDLs) in the north and the east in the last 24 hours.

The Defence Ministry said here security forces confronted LTTE terrorists at Wanni and the northern fronts. Troops intercepted a group of LTTE infiltrators north of Adampan area. The Ministry said on the Vavuniya front troops engaged small arms and machine gun fire at a terrorists’ hideout in the Umayaratuvarankulama area around on Monday afternoon killing four Tiger cadres.

On the Jaffna front, troops continued their pre-emptive strikes in the Muhamalai area and at least 10 LTTE cadres were killed, the military said.

Separately, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said soldiers overran the first bunker line of the LTTE at Muhamalai and destroyed three bunkers on Monday.

Quoting the ground sources, it said five LTTE cadres were killed in the incident. Intercepted Tiger radio transmission has revealed that an LTTE leader known as Kadir Neelawn was also killed in the incident.

In the east, the military said, three LTTE cadres were killed including deputy area intelligence leader Kumudan on Monday in Trincomalee.

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