Ten Tamil Tiger cadres were killed in Adampan in North-western Mannar on Friday, while five militants were shot dead and a soldier injured in a gunfight at Parappakandal in Mannar.

In Northern Jaffna, security forces recovered 47 anti-personnel mines during a search operation in Ponnal area, it said. In Muhamalai in Jaffna peninsula, at least two LTTE militants were killed in a confrontation on Friday, the defence ministry said, adding one soldier was also injured in the incident.

In Vavuniya, four LTTE cadres were killed in Umayarattuvaran area and six of them in Kaduruvittankulam, while a soldier was injured by an anti-personnel mine explosion during a search operation in the same area. Troops recovered nine Arul bombs from Periyathampane in Vavuniya in a search operation on Friday, the army said. One tiger militant was killed in a confrontation in Welioya on the same day, the ministry said.