Sri Lankan air force helicopters on Sunday bombed Tamil Tiger rebels who were trying to block troops from capturing their de facto capital, the government said. Three rebels were killed in separate ground battles.
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the helicopters attacked rebel positions in Murikandy village, south of the rebel headquarters, Kilinochchi. It did not give casualty details.
Government forces and the rebels fought two other battles Sunday in the rebel-controlled Mullaitivu district after which the soldiers recovered three bodies, the military said.
The military also said it recovered the bodies of four rebels believed to …
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