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Troops of 56 Division operating in Omanthe area arrested a suspected LTTE cadre when he was trying to smuggle explosives into cleared areas hiding in a wooden mortar (wangediya) on November 7. The explosives include two claymore mines, weighing 5 kg each, two electric detonators, two claymore tripods, one firing device and seven meter detonator code.
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arrest Troops of 56 Division operating in Omanthe area a suspected LTTE cadreThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Troops of 56 Division operating in Omanthe area arrested a suspected LTTE cadre when he was trying to smuggle explosives into cleared areas hiding in a wooden mortar (wangediya) on November 7. The explosives include two claymore mines, weighing 5 kg each, two electric detonators, two claymore tripods, one firing device and seven meter detonator code.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35659-67335-159717 | 11/8/2008 | Sri Lanka | Eight soldiers and six LTTE cadres killed in separate incidents |
The original source 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35659-67328-159707 | 11/8/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Anuradhapura |
| 35659-67331-159713 | 11/8/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Mullaitivu |
| 35659-67333-159715 | 11/8/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Anuradhapura |
| 35659-67335-159717 | 11/8/2008 | Sri Lanka | arrest | Hambantota |