CLOMBO, July 4, Reuter: Police commandos killed five rebels when’ they raided a guerrilla camp in eastern Sri Lanka yesterday, the government said today.
A statement said the special task force team recovered rifles and ammunition after destroying the jungle base in Batticaloa district.
The camp belonged to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the group in the forefront of a four-year Tamil rebellion for an independent state in the north and east.
The statement said a civilian was killed yesterday in crossfire “between rebels and a security force. patrol at Udipiddy in the northern Jaffna region.
It said the rebels, trying to infiltrate the area, had fired at the patrol, which retuned fire. The rebels withdrew after most of them were wounded, it said.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 10, 1987
