Sri Lanka Says Sinks 3 Boats,Kills 28 Tiger Rebels
The navy destroyed three boats and after listening to communications they confirmed 18 Tigers killed, including a leader.` Sri Lanka's navy sank three Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the island's northeastern coast, killing 18 rebels on board and 10 others died in subsequent land battles, the military said on Friday. Fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who want a separate homeland for minority ethnic Tamils in the north and east, has escalated since the government launched an offensive in the northwest earlier this month.
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The navy destroyed three boats and after listening to communications they confirmed 18 Tigers killed, including a leader.` Sri Lanka's navy sank three Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the island's northeastern coast, killing 18 rebels on board and 10 others died in subsequent land battles, the military said on Friday. Fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who want a separate homeland for minority ethnic Tamils in the north and east, has escalated since the government launched an offensive in the northwest earlier this month.
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