19 SLA killed in Vavuniyaa fighting - LTTE[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 22:07 GMT]19 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, including a Lance Corporal, were killed and 23 soldiers were wounded when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) fighters at the Kugnchukku'lam Forward Defence Line in Vavuniyaa district put up heavy resistance confronting a multi-frontal attempt by the SLA to break into LTTE territory, according to LTTE officials in Vanni. Two Tiger fighters were killed in the counter-attack. Dead bodies of the SLA soldiers were lying in no man zone, the Tigers said. The fighting lasted from 6:30 a.m. till 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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