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On May 4, two soldiers were injured in an LTTE triggered improvised explosive device explosion in the area south of Muhamalai in Jaffna district.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
Muhamalai Jaffna
Jaffna
attack
an LTTE
improvised explosive device explosion
This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
On May 4, two soldiers were injured in an LTTE triggered improvised explosive device explosion in the area south of Muhamalai in Jaffna district. Both the soldiers later succumbed to their injuries.
Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
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33370-61659-144812 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | 23 LTTE militants and two civilians among 27 persons killed in separate incidents |
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are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
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33370-61653-144797 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Trincomalee |
33370-61656-144804 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Kilinochchi |
33370-61657-144806 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Mannar |
33370-61658-144809 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | injure | Nuwara Eliya |
33370-61659-144812 | 5/7/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Jaffna |