Information About Incident 27402-48348-110633 in Matara Sri Lanka

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Elsewhere, security forces retaliated when LTTE cadres lobbed two hand grenades towards troops who were conducting a search and clear operation at Nayanyurai, injuring nine soldiers.

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Elsewhere, security forces retaliated when LTTE cadres lobbed two hand grenades towards troops who were conducting a search and clear operation at Nayanyurai, injuring nine soldiers. During subsequent search, troops recovered four dead bodies of the outfit cadres, two cyanide capsules, one National Identity Card (732791164V), one Jaffna University Identity Card and two packs with a sum of Rupees 110,000 (US $ 1025) and three mobile SIM cards.;

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
27402-48348-110633 12/26/2006 Sri Lanka Three soldiers and four LTTE cadres killed in separate incidents

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Related Incidents

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Event ID Date Country Act District
27402-48347-110632 12/26/2006 Sri Lanka attack Jaffna
27402-48348-110633 12/26/2006 Sri Lanka attack Matara