COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's air force on Sunday bombed a Tamil Tiger training base in the Indian Ocean nation's northern jungles, a day after a fierce sea battle killed 18 insurgents, the military said.
The air raid struck a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) camp near Iranamadu, site of recent battles that are part of the military's intensified offensive to retake rebel-held territory in northern Sri Lanka.
The military, which had restricted information on casualty numbers over the last two weeks, declined to give any figures for the air raid.
And two male university students stopped by soldiers in the military-controlled Jaffna peninsula died when troops shot one after he fired a pistol, and the other took a cyanide capsule -- the trademark of the rebels, the military said on Sunday.
On Saturday, the military said it had killed 18 rebels, including seven "Black Tiger" suicide fighters in a sea battle east of the northern Jaffna Peninsula.
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The air raid struck a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) camp near Iranamadu, site of recent battles that are part of the military's intensified offensive to retake rebel-held territory in northern Sri Lanka.
The military, which had restricted information on casualty numbers over the last two weeks, declined to give any figures for the air raid.
And two male university students stopped by soldiers in the military-controlled Jaffna peninsula died when troops shot one after he fired a pistol, and the other took a cyanide capsule -- the trademark of the rebels, the military said on Sunday.
On Saturday, the military said it had killed 18 rebels, including seven "Black Tiger" suicide fighters in a sea battle east of the northern Jaffna Peninsula.
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93 arrested for suspected terrorist connections in Sri Lanka -- China View
LTTE on verge of losing key supply line: Sri Lanka -- The Hindu
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