Three SLA troopers killed in claymore attack in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 14:20 GMT]
Unidentified persons detonated a claymore device Tuesday afternoon killing three Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers at Mathottam area in Uylankulam Murungan in Mannar district, Murungan police said.

Details of the SLA troopers killed and other information of the attack is not available.

Meanwhile, the shut down which was observed in Vavuniya for the third consecutive day, as a protest against Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Raviraj's assassination and the undeclared economic embargo on Jaffna peninsula by the Government of Sri Lanka closure of the A9 landroute, continued Tuesday too with all schools, shops, banks, private and public institutions in the Vauniya district remaining closed.