COLOMBO: At least twelve Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and five others injured in separate confrontations with LTTE militants in Northeastern Sri Lanka.
Seven soldiers were killed and one injured when a security force patrol was ambushed at Palampatara on Trincomalee Habarana road. The militants also took away six rifles and a large quantity of ammunition from the dead soldiers, military officials here said.
In another ambush at Kathankudy in Eastern Batticaloa one soldier was killed and three others injured.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 3, 1990
