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Army troops clashed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants in the areas north of Akkarayankulam and east of Nivil in the Kilinochchi District killing an unspecified number of militants on December 24, reports Sri Lanka Army.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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kill militants an unspecified number of militantsThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Army troops clashed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants in the areas north of Akkarayankulam and east of Nivil in the Kilinochchi District killing an unspecified number of militants on December 24, reports Sri Lanka Army.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36377-68898-163921 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | Unspecified number of LTTE militants killed as fighting continues in the North |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36377-68898-163921 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Anuradhapura |
| 36377-68901-163924 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Jaffna |
| 36377-68905-163928 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Mannar |