A claymore mine blast wounded a police officer
and six civilians in Vavuniya yesterday. The mine exploded
around 7.00 a.m. near a three-wheeler at Vavuniya where the body
of a civilian was found, a senior police officer said.
The mine had been strapped to the three-wheeler.
The wounded included two school girls. "They triggered the blast
from a distance," the official said.
Police found a critically wounded home guard at
Vavuniya. Police said that the home guard and a civilian
identified as S. Somapala were abducted by the LTTE earlier. The
wounded home guard, with severe head injuries, had been admitted
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Terrorists fired at Muhamalai entry and exit
point around 5.30 am. Army headquarters said that one soldier
received serious injuries. The wounded soldier was later
airlifted to Colombo.
Meanwhile, one soldier was killed and six
soldiers, including three Officers, were forced to seek
admission to hospital after they were wounded in LTTE mortar and
artillery fire in Muhamalai, Kilali and Neravilkulam in Jaffna.
