Sri Lanka: SLA withdraws from Mullikkulam - LTTE

Thursday, 17 January 2008

Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) officials told media in Kilinochchi that a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) unit that was lured into a booby-trapped minefield in Mullikkulam in Mannaar abandoned its ground movement Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. Meanwhile, a group of SLA soldiers engaged in setting up Claymore mines in the area were counter-attacked by the Tigers. Two Claymore mines with remote controls and explosives were seized in LTTEs clearing mission in Mulilikkulam.

There were no LTTE casualties in the clashes in Mullikkulam, the Tigers said.

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