By Prensa Latina
Colombo : Fighting since January in northeastern Sri Lanka has killed 1,734 people, between Tamil rebels, soldiers and government police, according to sources from the Defense Minister.
Statistics released in Colombo during the course of the armed force’s offensive against the positions and shelters of separatists of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers (TLTE) show 1,640 of their combatants died.
Meanwhile, fatal victims between soldiers and police reached 94.
A military dispatch reported the day’s actions in which two soldiers died in armed clashes in Vavuniya region; the government forces reported two deaths and four wounded.
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