More Than 200 Killed in Sri Lanka Clashes
<i> Associated Press</i>
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
Fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels has left 237 combatants dead in the past two days, the military said.
“Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has confirmed 194 of their cadres [were] killed,” the military said in a statement Monday. Forty-three soldiers were killed and 110 wounded in the fighting.
The fighting began Sunday morning when Tamil Tiger rebels attacked soldiers near the military-controlled town of Paranthan.
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