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NEW DELHI, Nov 26 (KUNA) -- At least 14 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) and one trooper have been killed in fresh clashes with security forces
in Northern Sri Lanka.
As many as three LTTE rebels were killed in two separate clashes at Wanni
area this morning, Sri Lanka's Media Centre for National Security said in
Colombo, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
Meanwhile, the pro-LTTE 'Tamilini' website claimed that a Sri Lanka Army
(SLA) trooper was killed in Kaddaiyadampan in Mannar area late Sunday.
As many as seven LTTE cadres were killed also in Mannar yesterday, the news
agency said.
In another incident also in Mannar, four LTTE men were killed yesterday in
a clash at Adampan.
Meanwhile, Commanding-in-Chief of Indian Navy's Southern Naval command,
Vice Admiral Sunil K Damle today said that the LTTE has started shifting its
operations to India's Southern state of Kerala.
"Attempts are being made by the LTTE to use Kerala coast for smuggling arms
and ammunition and drugs," Damle told reporters at the port city of Kochi in
Kerala.(end)
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