From AFP:
COLOMBO (AFP) — At least five Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka where security forces are closing in on the rebels' political capital, the defence ministry said Tuesday.
Clashes took place across several fronts on Monday, inflicting "maximum damages" on the rebels, the ministry said, without saying if its own troops suffered casualties.
The five rebels were killed in the district of Mullaittivu, which borders Kilinochchi, the ministry said.
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