Sri Lankan government official killed in mine attack (Roundup)

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Jun 29, 2008, 15:22 GMT

Colombo - A government official was killed in a roadside claymore mine attack in northern Sri Lanka as at least 41 rebels and two soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka. The government officer, an assistant government agent identified as Nagalingam Nanthakumuar, 36, was killed in Thunukkai, Mullaitivu, 350 kilometres north east of the capital when his motorcycle was targeted in the attack, the government agent fo the district, Emilda Sukumar said. The pro-rebel Tamilnet website said the Sri Lanka army's deep penetration unit had carried out the attack which took place in a rebel-controlled area, but the military denied the allegation. On Saturday fighting was reported from four areas in the Wanni district, more than 240 kilometres north of the capital, military officials said. In one of the incidents in the Vavuniya area, 20 rebels were killed and 13 others were wounded, as security forces confronted pockets of rebels while advancing into rebel-held areas, they said. Two soldiers were killed in the same clash, the military said. In Mannar, located in north-western Sri Lanka, seven rebels were killed and three more wounded. In the Welioya area in the north-east, 14 more rebels were killed on Saturday, military officials added. Government troops have vowed to recapture rebel-held areas in the north before the end of the year.

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