By SPA
Colombo, Sri Lanka : Soldiers and Tamil separatists fought gun battles across embattled northern Sri Lanka, killing 19 insurgents and two soldiers, the military said Monday.
Troops killed 10 Tamil Tiger rebels in confrontations in three villages in the Vavuniya district on Sunday, just south of rebel-held territory, a defense ministry official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak the media. One soldier was also killed, the Associated Press reported.
Separate battles in nearby Mannar district left eight insurgents and one soldier dead, and another rebel was killed on the northern Jaffna peninsula, the official said.
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