Four Sri Lankan Farmers Killed in Rebel Ambush

Sri Lankan officials say suspected Tamil rebels have killed four farmers in the eastern part of the country. Officials say rebels ambushed the farmers Thursday in the district of Polonnaruwa. The attack happened near a jungle area where Tamil rebels have been fighting Sri Lankan troops. The rebels had no immediate comment on the shootings.

In another indicent, Sri Lankan police say they found a powerful, unexploded landmine inside a shop near Colombo Thursday. Police say the bomb was being hidden for use in a future attack. Five suspects were detained after the device was seized.

On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's air force said it destroyed the rebels' naval base in the northeastern district of Mullaithivu.

Tamil rebels denied that Sri Lankan jets struck their naval headquarters.

The rebels said the warplanes actually hit an institute that makes prosthetic limbs for landmine victims. They said the air strike killed two civilians and wounded and several others. - VOA News

Dinka's picture

Posted April 5th, 2007 by Dinka

Your comments...

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <p> <br> <a> <em> <ul> <ol> <li> <strong> <blockquote>

More information about formatting options

5 + 4 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.