The World - News from June 8, 1986
Sri Lankan government troops backed by helicopters beat back Tamil rebels besieging a northern military base, and at least 27 guerrillas and soldiers were killed in three days of fighting, officials said. They reported that at least 25 rebels were killed in the fighting that began Wednesday when 300 Tamil guerrillas, fighting for an independent state, surrounded 800 security troops at the Kilinochchi military base, 206 miles north of Colombo, the capital.
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