Sri Lanka clashes leave 16 Tiger rebels dead: military

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan ground troops killed at least 16 Tamil Tiger rebels while air force fighter jets bombed guerrilla targets in the island's north, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

The air sorties were carried out over the rebel-held Iranamadu area late on Friday, the ministry said in a statement.

The offensive came hours after a suicide bomber, riding a motorbike, rammed into a police bus in the capital of Colombo, killing 11 people and wounding more than 80.

Troops advancing into rebel-held areas killed at least 16 guerrillas in Vavuniya on Friday, the statement said. It did not give details about any casualties suffered by government forces.

Meanwhile, 16 civilians were wounded in a hand grenade attack Saturday in Vavuniya, 260...

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