“Five Tiger rebels were killed and two others injured when troops effectively responded to an LTTE offensive preparation at the Nagarkovil forward defences in Northern Jaffna om Saturday morning,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

Troops attacked a LTTE
bunker line consisting five bunkers destroying two, in the morning, army sources said adding no damages were caused to its own troops.

At Welioya in North-Eastern part of Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said the army brought down artillery and mortar fire on LTTE militants after monitoring their movements in the North Padawiya Tanka on Friday.

It said LTTE communication intercepts revealed that two militants were killed in the incident.

In northern Jaffna, Army targeted an LTTE tractor ahead of the Killali Forward Defence Lines and in the ensuing clash killed eight tiger cadres on Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

In Eastern Trincomalee, a soldier died in a confrontation with a small group of Tiger rebels in Kadiraveli-Karakamunai area on Friday, the army said.

At least, three Tiger rebels were killed and six others wounded in a confrontation with troops on Friday at general area Pokkaravani in Vavuniya, security sources said.