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Tigers kill soldier in the North by Ranga Jayasuriya A soldier was killed and another wounded yesterday afternoon when the LTTE attacked an army post in Kattaparichchan, Selvanagar using mortar and Rocket Propelled Grenades. Security sources said the Tigers fired mortars during the attack which lasted nearly 20 minutes before they retreated in the face of retaliatory attacks by the troops. Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission spokesperson Helen Olafsdottir said the truce monitors has been informed of the incident, and they were yet to visit the scene of the incident. In another incident, a soldier and a civilian were injured in a claymore mine explosion in Neerveli, Jaffna. The attack on the army post in Selvanagar came hours after the LTTE accused the security forces of shelling LTTE forward defence line in Ganeshpuram, Kattaparichchan yesterday early morning. |
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