Burning following a shell attack in refugee camps in Tamil Tiger controlled Vanni in Sri Lanka, Photo from The TelegraphSri Lankan Army 'Kills 420 Tamil Tigers' In Three-Day Offensive -- Times Online
Sri Lankan forces claim to have killed at least 420 Tamil Tigers in the last three days and to have driven the last of the rebels into a “no-fire zone” packed with tens of thousands of civilians who have tried to flee the conflict.
After the bloodiest battle in the last year, some 6,000 troops have now captured the entire northeastern region of Puthukkudiyiruppu, the last rebel territory on the edge of the safety zone, according to a military spokesman.
"It was close-combat fighting from house to house, street to street in an area full of underground bunkers that had been built up over the course of 20 or so years," Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told The Times.
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