Funeral held for Agricultural Department officials killed in DPU attack

[TamilNet, Monday, 08 January 2007, 12:36 GMT]
The funeral of two Agricultural Department officials who were killed in a claymore attack by Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lankan Government forces in Nedunkerni was held in Vavuniya, Monday. Nedunkerny is in the area held by the Liberation Tigers, 37 km northeast of Vavuniya,
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One youth killed, two SLA troopers seriously injured in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 January 2007, 11:30 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a claymore device Sunday at Maharambaikulam in Vavuniya seriously injuring two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers, Vavuniya police said. The police also claimed that a youth who is said to have triggered the claymore device died when a hand grenade he had on him exploded after having escaped from the site of the claymore attack.


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Claymore blast kills 3 SLA soldiers, civilian in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 January 2007, 10:37 GMT]
Three Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed when a civilian vehicle which the troopers at Varikkuddiyar SLA camp have comandeered to transport soldiers was hit by a claymore mine blast at Thaddankulam, about 15 km. west of Vavuniya, around 8:30 a.m., Saturday. A civilian was killed and another injured in the blast, sources said.
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SLA soldier, civilian killed in blasts in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 January 2007, 07:54 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed in a claymore mine attack near Uduvil SLA camp, around 9 a.m., Saturday. The claymore was placed in front of a canteen run by the SLA, inside military high security zone, sources said. The Uduvil camp serves as the nerve center for SLA's intelligence operation in Jaffna district.
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Three Tamils shot dead in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 January 2007, 07:41 GMT]
Three civilians were found shot dead in Trincomalee Friday night. Their bodies were found Saturday morning with gunshot injuries, one at Chelvanayakapuram, about 2 km north of eastern port town and the other two at Allesgarden, where two Sri Lanka Navy sailors were wounded in a claymore attack Saturday. Uppuveli Police, conducting investigations into the killings said the victims, between the ages 19 and 30, were Tamils.
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Two SLN sailors injured in claymore ambush in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 January 2007, 17:49 GMT]
Two sailors of the Sri Lanka Navy were injured in a claymore mine attack Friday morning at Allesgarden area along Trincomalee-Nilaveli road. The truck transporting SLN personnel who were returning home on leave hit the claymore mine kept along the roadside. Allesgarden is located about three km off north of east port city.
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2 killed, 2 wounded in DPU claymore explosion

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 January 2007, 04:24 GMT]
Two Agriculture Department officials were killed and 2 wounded Friday morning when a vehicle belonging to the department, transporting fruit plants, was hit by a Sri Lankan Deep Penetration Unit Claymore mine blast around 8:45 in Nedunkerni, 37 km northeast of Vavuniya. One of the two Claymore mines, triggered by the DPU attackers, exploded. Sri Lanka Army launched an artillery attack, firing around 25 shells towards the attack site, after the Claymore explosion.
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Police arrests two Muslims in Welikanda

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 January 2007, 20:33 GMT]
Welikanda police said they recovered Thursday around 6:30 a.m two claymore devices in a house near a police sentry post in Senapura-Kattuvanvila area in Welikanda police division, on a tip received from local residents, and that they have arrested two persons on suspicion.
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SLA soldier killed in Vavuniya claymore attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 January 2007, 06:31 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed and two wounded when a group of attackers triggered a claymore mine targeting a SLA vehicle in Pirappumadu, a predominant sinhala settlement, 11 km northeast of Vavuniya town, Thursday around 10:30 a.m., Vavuniya Police said.
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Two police officers seriously injured in claymore attack in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 January 2007, 09:23 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a claymore device Tuesday around 9:30 a.m at Thonikal area in Vavuniya, seriously injuring two police constables in an attack, targeting a police road patrol unit, Vavuniya police said. The injured were rushed to Vavuniya hospital first and then transferred to Anuradapura hospital for further treatment.


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3 attacks in Vadamaradchy stun SLA troops

[TamilNet, Monday, 01 January 2007, 16:23 GMT]
Three separate incidents of attacks on Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers were reported from Vadamaradchy Monday. SLA foot patrols were attacked by unknown gunmen in Thikkam, and in Navindil in Vadamaradchy. In a third incident in a claymore attack in Inparutty, one SLA soldier was killed and four soldiers injured.
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Claymore blast kills SLA soldier, injures another

[TamilNet, Monday, 01 January 2007, 08:12 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed and another injured in a claymore mine attack at Naavalady in the coastal village of Inparuddy in Vadamaradchi north, on the Jaffna peninsula, around 7:30 a.m., Monday, SLA authorities said.


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2 SLA troopers killed, 3 injured in Chavakacheri claymore attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 December 2006, 12:52 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and three seriously injured when unknown assailants triggered a claymore mine targetting the pickup truck the soldiers were travelling in between Post Office Road and Dutch Road in Chavakachcheri in Thenmaradchy at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, sources in Jaffna said.
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Claymore blast kills policeman in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 December 2006, 05:48 GMT]
A policeman was killed when unidentified persons set off a claymore mine targetting a police patrol about 150 metres from Special Task Force (STF) camp at Park road in Vavuniya, at 8:35 a.m., Wednesday, police in the northern town said.
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SLA shoots dead a youth in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 December 2006, 14:00 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) handed over the dead body of a youth to Vavuniya hospital Thursday evening , claiming the youth was killed in a fight between the SLA and the Linberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Wednesday between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m at Nedunkulam area in Kidachoori in Vavuniya when five LTTE cadres entered 50 meters into SLA held area.
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SLA trooper seriously injured in claymore attack in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 10:04 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a claymore device Wednesday around 12:10 p.m, concealed in a rubble heap along the A9 route at Thandikulam in Vavuniya, seriously injuring a Sri Lanka Army (SLA)trooper who was first rushed to Vavuniya hospital and later transferred to Anuradapura hospital for further treatment, Vavuniya police said.


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Claymore mine diffused in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Saturday, 16 December 2006, 15:57 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Police, following a tip, recovered a powerful claymore mine weighing 2kg from Kandasamy Kovil Road in Vavuniya Saturday morning, sources in Vavuniya said.
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Two SLA soldiers killed in Murunkan claymore attack

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 06:38 GMT]
Two soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army were killed and one soldier and an elderly woman were injured when a claymore mine was detonated targeting SLA soldiers Tuesday around 10:00 a.m. at Sirukandal in Murunkan area in Mannar district.
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Six policemen, two civilians seriously injured in claymore attack in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Monday, 11 December 2006, 08:54 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a claymore device, targeting a bus in front of Al Hithaya School on Amapari Road at Akkaraipattu, Monday around 10:10 a.m, seriously injuring six policemen and two civilians, Akkaraipattu police said.


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Two SLA troopers injured in claymore attack in Karaveddy

[TamilNet, Sunday, 10 December 2006, 15:10 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were injured when unidentified gunmen triggered a claymore mine in Yaakeru, Kevalai area in Karaveddy East, Vadamaradchy, at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, sources said. The injured troopers were first taken to Manthikai Hospital and later transferred to Palaly Military Hospital in a helicopter.
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