By SPA
Colombo : Two policemen were killed by a suspected Tamil Tiger roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, while the death toll from weekend fighting rose to 75 rebels and seven soldiers, the military said, according to Reuters.
Fighting between the military and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north and northwest has intensified since the government scrapped a six-year ceasefire pact last month. It said the rebels were using the truce to re-arm.
“In Vavuniya the LTTE exploded a Claymore mine targeting a police motor-cycle. One
sub-inspector and a police constable died,” said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
A second roadside bomb in the northwestern district of Mannar injured another police officer, he added.
Nanayakarra said 35 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed in a series of clashes on Sunday, on top of 40 rebels and six soldiers the military said were slain on Saturday.