Sri Lankan troops fought off an attack early on Friday from ethnic Tamil rebels trying to recapture lost territory, as violence in the northern battle zone killed 46 rebels and three soldiers, the military said.
The Tamil Tigers’ pre-dawn attack came hours after government forces captured a section of rebel-held territory near a key supply route in the Mullaitivu district, about 3km south of the village of Mallavi, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
Troops killed 33 rebels in the fighting, recovering all of their bodies, and were searching the area for more rebel fighters, he said.
Meanwhile, battles in other parts of the war zone on Thursday killed 13 rebels and three soldiers, he said.
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