Information About Incident 32049-58391-136043 in Moneragala Sri Lanka

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Troops combing the jungles in search of LTTE militants who had killed 31 civilians in two attacks on January 16 in the Buttala area of Moneragala district confronted an isolated group of militants in the north of Dambeyaya, at Okkampitiya bordering the northeast of Yala sanctuary on January 17.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Buttala Moneragala Dambeyaya Okkampitiya Yala
• Matched District: Moneragala
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: LTTE militants who
• Subject: 31 civilians in two attacks in the Buttala area of Moneragala district

Context

This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.

Troops combing the jungles in search of LTTE militants who had killed 31 civilians in two attacks on January 16 in the Buttala area of Moneragala district confronted an isolated group of militants in the north of Dambeyaya, at Okkampitiya bordering the northeast of Yala sanctuary on January 17. A fierce gun fight was on till the reports last came in. One soldier sustained injuries during the initial round of firing.

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.

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