SLA death toll reaches 130 in Ki'linochchi, 300 wounded - LTTE
TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 02:08 GMT
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) officials on Wednesday said that 130 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed in the multi-front offensive push by the SLA in Ki'linochchi on Tuesday. More than 300 soldiers were wounded in the heavy battle that raged throughout the day till 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday on four main localities and along a wide stretch of the Ki'linochchi frontiers. LTTE's director of peace secretariat S. Puleedevan on Tuesday said the major push, which was thwarted by the Tigers on Tuesday was the third debacle of the SLA in recent days in Ki'linochchi frontiers.