By SPA
Colombo, Sri Lanka : Battles between government troops and Tamil Tiger fighters killed 35 rebels and one soldier along the front lines in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Saturday.
Soldiers destroyed three rebel bunkers and killed 12 guerrillas Friday in the Mannar district, southwest of the rebels’ northern headquarters, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. One soldier was wounded in the fighting, he said.
In nearby Vavuniya district army troops killed nine insurgents, while on the northern Jaffna peninsula two separate confrontations killed eight rebels, he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Nanayakkara said another clash in the northeastern Welioya village left six rebels and one soldier dead.
There was no immediate comment from the rebels.