Lanka navy says 3 rebels killed in raid on base
Colombo, Oct 18: Sri Lankan troops killed at least three Tamil Tiger rebels on an apparent suicide mission when they attacked a naval base in the southern city of Galle today, a naval spokesman said.
''They came in three boats and we blew up all three of them. Two small crafts of the navy were damaged in the fighting,'' the spokesman said.
The attack on the navy is the second in three days. Nearly 100 people, mostly sailors, were killed in a suicide bombing on a naval convoy in a north-central district on Monday.
Reuters
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