LTTE suffers heavy losses in yesterday's clashes in North; 40
terrorists killed
 Troops
engaged in counter terror offensives in the North yesterday (June 24)
gave heavy beating to the terrorists on the battlefield. According to
the military reports received from the battlefronts, 40 terrorists were
killed, 17 others wounded, and 18 more were believed to be either killed
or wounded. Also, 4 soldiers were killed and 14 others were wounded
during these clashes.
In the Jaffna theatre of battle, troops had several
confrontations with the terrorists in the Elathumadduwal and Muhamalai
areas last evening and claimed one terrorist killed. Two soldiers were
also killed due to terror small arms fire at one of the incidents
occurred in the Muhamalai area.
In the Wanni theatre of operations - Vavuniya front ,
troops pushing their forward defence had daylong clashes with the
terrorists at several areas.
At Ilamaruthankulam troops attacked an LTTE bunker and
a hut using small arms and RPG last morning and claimed 3 terrorists
were killed and the bunker partially destroyed.
In the general area Periyamadhu , troops had two
separate confrontations during morning hours . The first incident was
reported around 8 am when troops confronted with a group of terrorists .
Both ground sources and radio transmission confirmed 6 terrorists were
killed and 3 others suffered injuries in this incident. Also, one
soldier was killed and 3 others wounded. During the subsequent search,
troops found 3 bodies of slain LTTE cadres along with three T-56 weapons
and one radio communication set. A similar incident was reported around
11 am and troops claimed 2 terrorists were killed while own suffered no
casualties. During the subsequent search, troops found one body of an
LTTE cadre, one T-56 weapon, one radio set and a pouch.
In the Chiriddikulama area, troops attacked and
captured two trench defences manned by LTTE terrorists around 10 am.
Both ground sources and radio monitoring confirmed that 2 terrorists
were killed and 2 others wounded. Meanwhile, one soldier suffered
injuries due to an Anti Personnel (AP) mine explosion.
Troops engaged in clearing operations removed 20 AP
mines and one improvised explosive device (IED).
On the Mannar front , troops reported have confronted
with the terrorists in the Mullikkandal, Minnaniranchan and
Marattikannaddi, and Morotondivan during the day and claimed that 21
terrorists were killed and 9 others wounded. Also, one soldier was
killed and six others wounded during these clashes.
On the Welioya front , troops had daylong clashes in
the North of Janakapura and North of Kiriibbanwewa areas and claimed 5
terrorists were killed , 3 wounded and 18 more were either killed or
wounded. One soldier was injured due to an IED explosion in the North of
Jankapura area last afternoon.
Limited offensives are continuing.
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