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Unidentified armed men shot and killed a male in Pa’ndaariku’lam in Vavuniyaa Saturday morning. The dead has not been identified yet. His body has been lying in the Vavuniyaa general hospital, according to media sources in the town.

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit soldiers triggered a Claymore mine Friday evening around 7:00 p.m. on a convoy of FORUT, a Norwegian NGO, at Kanakaraayanku’lam, a few minutes after the convoy has passed the entry point to Vanni, Tamileelam Police officials told TamilNet Saturday. Tamileelam police officials charged that the SLA has stepped up Claymore attacks on civilian vehicles in Vanni in a bid to terrorise the people of Vanni. The NGOs and the UN agencies have become under pressure from the Sri Lankan government, which is pressurising a move to force people to vacate LTTE administered areas.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) confronted Sri Lanka Army (SLA) that attempted to advance towards Aalangku’lam in Thu’nukkaay division of Mullaiththeevu district from 9:40 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Saturday. LTTE fighters have seized 7 T-56 automatic rifles and recovered 3 dead bodies of SLA soldiers after heavy fighting. The Tigers claimed that at least 20 SLA soldiers were killed and more than 32 wounded in the clashes.

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Thirty year old Naranarayasinghan Loganthan, a native of Punaalai in Jaffna district and resident of Dehiwala in Colombo district was reported missing since July 17, according to a belated complaint lodged with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and Civil Monitoring Committee by his sister Vijeyaluxmy on Thursday, sources said.

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Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu’rippu village, situated 7 km southwest of Ki’inochchi town. Three civilians were rushed to Ki’inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by IDPs, comes a day after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) dropped leaflets threatening heavy casualties to civilians in Vanni unless they moved from LTTE administered Vanni.

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Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu’rippu village, situated a few kilometers from Ki’inochchi town. Three civilians were rushed to Ki’inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by IDPs, comes a day after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) dropped leaflets threatening heavy casualties to civilians in Vanni unless they moved from LTTE administered Vanni.

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Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu’rippu village, situated in Ki’linochchi district. Three civilians were rushed to Ki’inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by IDPs, comes a day after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) dropped leaflets threatening heavy casualties to civilians in Vanni unless they moved from LTTE administered Vanni.

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Ten deserted soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) escaped from the
Pelawatte SLA camp in Akuragoda, located near Colombo, on Friday while being detained for further inquiry. The deserters were arrested by the military police of the SLA and handed over to the police for follow up action, sources in Colombo said. They were later arrested by the Sri Lankan military police.

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Ten deserted soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) escaped from the
Meegathena Police Station on Friday while being detained for further
inquiry. The deserters were arrested by the military police of the SLA and
handed over to the police for follow up action, sources in Colombo said.

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At least 45 persons were wounded when a bomb exploded in Colombo around 12:15 p.m. Saturday. The blast has taken place in the pavement of Olcott Mawatte in Pettah, Police said. Medical sources said some of the wounded were in critical condition.

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