By Prensa Latina
Colombo : Northern Sri Lanka is registering strong fighting as government troops continue their operations to remove Tamil rebels from their bastions, reported the Defense ministry.
According to a military release in Colombo clashes occurred throughout the defensive line in Nagarkovil city, in Jaffna peninsula, where 15 Tamil tigers died and 30 others were wounded. The army counted two deaths.
The troops attacked the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s positions (LTTE) by surprise in front of Nagarkovil defense and forced the rebels to retreat with big losses, noted the source.
In other regions the rebels have lost 31 of their fighters in the districts of Vavuniya, Mannar and Weli Oya, reported figures from the Defense Ministry.
Those Sri lankan official statistics showed that early in January 551 tamil rebels died as well as 24 soldiers.