Five people, including two children, were killed when Sri Lankan security forces shelled a village in the island's rebel-held north, Tamil Tiger guerrillas said Sunday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said three civilians were
Sri Lankan troops killed 17 Tamil Tiger rebels in fighting in the far north of the island, the military said on Friday, while the rebels said military shelling killed three civilians, including an infant, and injured 16. The fighting in
A wave of battles across Sri Lanka's embattled northern region has killed 32 ethnic Tamil rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Friday.Fighting has escalated in this Indian Ocean island in recent months, with the military