people.com.cn, Sat Jan 13 23:30:20 EST 2007
Sri Lankan military has taken more Tamil Tiger camps in the island's troubled eastern province as rebel mortar fire has caused the death of four soldiers, defense officials said Sunday.
Four soldiers died and two others were injured Saturday night when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fired artillery and mortar at the Sri Lanka Army detachment at Mankerni in the eastern Batticaloa district.
Officials said that the LTTE gun positions in the eastern Trincomalee district's Vergual area was attacked by the Sri Lanka Airforce Kfir jets on Saturday.
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