Two SLA soldiers injured in grenade attack in Uduppiddy

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 18:52 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were injured in a grenade attack at Uduppiddy, in the Vadamaradchi sector of the Jaffna peninsula, around 7 p.m., Wednesday. The injured troops were transported to Palaly military base hospital in a Buffel APC, sources in the area said.

Two men who came on a motobike lobbed a grenade at a SLA camp situated on the road from Uduppiddy junction to Vathiri. The troops opened fire in retaliation, the sources said.

Meanwhile another grenade attack on SLA troopers was reported at Kokkuvil, Wednesday evening. Further details are not known.