TamilNet: 02.12.97 SLA bus ambushed in Murunkan

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The Mannar-Vavuniya road was captured by the SLA last February, but the LTTE controls vast areas north of it. The LTTE have carried out a number of recent attacks in the area. On October 18, eight SLA troops were killed when the Tigers overran Murunkan police station for the second time in a week - 4 soldiers and 8 policemen were killed in the previous attack on October 12. The LTTE said 6 SLA soldiers were killed in two of their operations near Murunkan in early August. 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