50 SLA troops killed - VoT

[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Over fifty Sri Lankan Army soldiers (SLA) were killed and a large number were wounded when the Liberation Tigers counter attacked a column of SLA troops which began to advance from their positions west of Ampakamam last Thursday, the Voice of Tigers (VoT) said today.
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Civilian killed in army fire

[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A young woman, Thevathas Subajini, 19, was killed and five others wounded by retaliatory fire from the army following an attack by the Liberation Tigers, in which two Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers were killed, said sources in Jaffna. The attack, which took place around 6.30 p.m yesterday, was mounted against a SLA position at the Chavakkalai Chanthi (junction) in the tight security area of Kurunagar, near Jaffna town.
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9 SLA bodies exchanged through ICRC

[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official confirmed that around 4.00 p.m. today the bodies of 9 soldiers, killed in the latest fighting near Ampakamam, were handed over to Sri Lankan army officials in Vavuniya by representatives of the ICRC. The ICRC received the bodies from the Liberation Tigers at Mallavi, earlier today, the official added.
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Fierce fighting continues

[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Eleven Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers have been killed and over hundred wounded in the latest fighting between the Liberation Tigers and the troops of Operation Jeyasikurui which erupted Thursday morning, said SLA sources in Vavuniya.
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Two SLA soldiers killed in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Latest reports from Jaffna said two soldiers were killed in the attack by the Liberation Tigers on an SLA position at Chavakkalai Chanthi (junction) in the high security zone of Kurunagar this evening around 6.30 p.m. Residents in the area said the LTTE had fired on the army and lobbed grenades at the troops.
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SLA claims early success

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Heavy fighting is reported between the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) near Ambakamam, north-east of the strategic Mankulam junction in the northern Vanni region, said sources in Vavuniya. Four SLA soldiers were killed and 22 were wounded in the latest fighting, said SLA sources.
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Ratwatte visits Jayasikurui areas

[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister for Defence Gen. Anuruddha Ratwatta visited the forward areas of Operation Jayasikurui today along with the Army commander and other senior service commanders.
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Fourteen Tigers died in Chenkladay attack - VoT

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Fourteen Liberation Tigers died in the attack on Karuththappalam SLA-PLOTE camp in Chenkladay yesterday, said the Voice of Tigers (VoT) in its morning broadcast. The radio said that the camp was overrun in 15 minutes and the Tigers held the camp for two hours.
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Tigers attak PLOTE-SLA camp

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Two soldiers were killed in the LTTE attack on the Karuththapalam PLOTE-SLA camp in the early hours of the morning tody , said SLA sources in Batticaloa this morning. They said that the fighting which started around 1.30 a.m went on till 4 a.m. this morning.
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Woman accused of aiding Tigers

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A young woman, Muthuthambi Prethap, 19 was arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at her home in Chankanai in the Jaffna peninsula in the early hours of yesterday morning, said sources. Her father who tried to prevent the soldiers from taking Prethap, was assaulted.
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Youths assaulted

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers at Valipuram assaulted fifteen Tamil youths who were returning from Vadamaradchi East having collected firewood today saids sources. The troops also confiscated the firewood.
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APC attacked in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were wounded when a Buffel APC was attacked by the Liberation Tigers at around 2.00 p.m today at Atchuveli in the Jaffna peninsula, said sources. However, an SLA press communique stated that there were no casualties in the attack in which the APC was slightly damaged.
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Six missing in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Four teenagers from Nallur Sathaana Mahaviththiyalayam in Jaffna town have been missing from yesterday, said sources in Jaffna. It is believed that the boys have been arrested by the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP).
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Fifteen killled in Vanni fighting

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) Radio said today that thirteen Liberation Tigers were killed in separate clashes with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Tigers, SLA clashes in Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Five Sri Lankan Army soldiers were killed and twelve wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked forward defences of the Paranthan SLA camp this morning around 5.30 a.m., said SLA sources.
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SLA thrust repulsed, post attacked

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lankan Army soldiers who tried to advance from Karadippoku junction around 2.00 a.m. today were attacked by the Liberation Tigers,said theVoice of Tigers in its night transmission today.
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SLA operation in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A group of Sri Lankan soldiers are reported to have advanced from their positions in Vallipuram around 9.30 a.m. this morning, into the Vadamaradchi East sector of the Jaffna peninsula, said sources in Jaffna. However no confrontations have been reported, they said.
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Tigers probe Vavunaathivu SLA camp

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Four soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) were wounded, three of them critically, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) opened fire at Vavunaathivu SLA camp, 6 km west of Batticaloa, around 12:00 midnight on Monday, said sources in Batticaloa.
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Nervous soldiers shoot mental patient

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at a sentry point inside the Jaffna Hospital shot and wounded Chitravelu Sivabalan (35), a patient who is mentally ill and warded there, around 12:30 a.m. Friday night, said sources in Jaffna.
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Kumarapuram trial stalls again

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 May 1998, 23:59 GMT]
There is concern among human rights activists that the Kumarapuram massacre case, where 24 persons were killed and equal number wounded on February 11, 1996, has been put on the back-burner by the Sri Lanka Government (SLG), by postponing the appointment of a regular magistrate to hear the case.
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