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Residents of Mullaiththeevu staged a protest march Monday condemning the recent Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery attack on Mullaiththeevu town injuring Mullaiththeevu Government Agent, on Mullaiththeevu hospital, the killing of Thu?nukkaay Assistant Government Agent, Nanthakumar and Ki?linochchi Development Officer in SLA Deep Penetration Unit attacks.
The demonstrators voiced their protest against the indiscriminate Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombings of areas near schools during examination time and on civilian settlements in Vanni.

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Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir jets dropped sixteen bombs in four sorties Monday around 8:20 a.m. on Puthukkudiyiruppu civilian settlements in Mullaiththeevu district. Two women including a lady teacher were injured in the bombing while many houses and fruit trees were damaged.

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Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir jets dropped sixteen bombs in four sorties Monday around 8:20 a.m on Puthukkudiyiruppu civilian settlements in Mullaiththeevu district. Two women including a lady teacher were injured in the bombing while many houses and fruit trees were damaged.

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A Claymore ambush at Chava’lakkadai in Ampaa’rai district Monday morning killed a homeguard, who was engaged in a road clearing patrol with Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) commandos, Police said. Another homeguard was wounded in the attack.

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The Campaign For Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE), an election monitoring organization accredited under Sri Lanka’s Election Commissioner, said Monday that election related violence in Anuradhapura district is on the increase, and that CaFFE has received 127 complaints from North Central Province (NCP) and Sabragamuwa Province (SP), CaFFE spokesperson Keerthi Tennekone said.

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Unidentified armed men on motorcycles opened fire on a car Monday around 12:30 a.m speeding along Anuradhapura New Main Bus Terminal, injuring one of the passengers in the car, police said. The unjured passenger was admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura.

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Unidentified armed men on motorcycles opened fire on a car Monday around 12:30 a.m speeding along Anuradhapura New Main Bus Terminal. One of the passengers in the car was injured in the shooting and admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura police said.

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Fishermen recovered the bodies of two school students Monday around 8:00 a.m washed ashore on the beaches of Kaaththaankudi and Paalamunai in Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The two students, along with three fellow students had gone to bathe in Puthukkudiyiruppu sea Sunday when the incident happened.

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Fishermen recovered the bodies of two school students Monday around 8:00 a.m washed ashore on the beaches of Kaaththaankudi and Paalamunai in Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The two students, along with three fellow students had gone to bathe in Puthukkudiyiruppu sea Sunday.

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Unidentified armed men shot and killed a man in Puththa?lam in the northwestern province, Sunday around 6:50 p.m. The victim has not been identified yet, Puththa?lam police said.

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