Sri Lanka military, rebels say clashes kill 30

Colombo, Apr 11: Sri Lanka's military said today it had killed ''at least'' 20 Tamil Tiger rebels in retaliation for mortar attacks, while the Tigers said they killed up to 10 government troops in overnight fighting elsewhere.

''There was mortar fire to the forward defence line in (the north), which killed one soldier and wounded four. We have retaliated and their communications prove at least 20 killed,'' said Lieutenant Colonel Upali Rajapakse, a spokesman for the media centre for national security.

A Tamil Tiger military spokesman denied the rebels were killed in that attack, and said in separate fighting overnight the Tigers had killed ''not more than 10'' soldiers who had launched an attack against them in the north.

Reuters

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