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Army's
elite Special Forces (SF) troops in pursuit of terrorists
encircled at Konketiyawa, East of the Padawiya tank have
reportedly observed at least 10 LTTE bodies scattered in
the area, according to latest reports received, Sunday (Aug
31).
Intermittent
gunfire exchanges were reported in the area since this morning
our Welioya correspondent said, citing military, as troops
further claimed to have sealed all 'way-routes' combined
with the Civil Defence Force(CDF) personnel in the area.
Details of the latest confrontations are not available our
correspondent said, adding that the terrorists' chances
of survival are minimum in the area, given the mobility
and fire superiority of the Special Forces (SF).
Troops
have already seized an LTTE body, a T-56 assault riffle
and 3 belt orders in subsequent search operations conducted.
The SF troopers were immediately reinforced after clashes
broke out between CDF personnel and LTTE since 6.30 a.m,
Saturday, when troops on patrol observed a group of terrorists
in Army guise attempting to infiltrate into the area. A
civilian was also reported wounded due to the indiscriminate
LTTE gunfire attack and later transferred to the General
Hospital at Anuradhapura.
According
to military, the LTTE group may have been given specific
orders to infiltrate into the liberate areas and cause destruction
to both civilian and military targets triggering a slow
down of the military advances into the last LTTE bastions
at Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu Districts.
3
personnel were killed including a Civil Defence Force (CDF)
trooper, while similar numbers were reported injured in
yesterday's confrontation, according to reports received.
Meanwhile,
Police have also reported killed a terrorist in general
area Vahalkada and subsequently recovered the body, according
to defence sources.
According
to finalized military reports received, troops have also
recovered 7x T-56 assault riffles, 01x Multi Purpose Machine
Gun (MPMG), 03x MPMG links and 300 rounds of ammunition
used for MPMGs, 20 rounds of ammunition used for FNC weapons,
3 kg of high explosives, 04x claymore mines, 20 electric
detonators, 200 pistol rounds, 02x hand grenades, 06x anti
personnel mines, 25 m detonator code and 05x Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDS).
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