By DPA
Colombo : At least 46 rebels and three soldiers were killed in clashes in northern Sri Lanka over the weekend, the military said Sunday.
It said 23 rebels were killed and 25 wounded in Periya Pandivirichchan, Vavuniya, 240 km north of the capital, when troops engaged the insurgents in their stronghold that eventually capitulated Saturday.
In the same area three soldiers were injured in a mine explosion while six others were wounded by mortar fire Saturday.
In a separate gunfight, government troops killed 23 rebels and wounded 57 in Adampan, Mannar, 320 km north of the capital Saturday, the military said.
At least three soldiers were killed and 20 injured in the same clash, it said.
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