Army kills one LTTE cadre in a clash - Trincomalee

Army troops on a route clearing patrol skirmished with a group of LTTE terrorists at Ralkuli in Trincomalee this morning (18). The incident occurred at 9:45 a.m when the LTTE cadres fired at the army troops conducting a route clearing operation in the Pahala - Thopoor area.

The troops retaliated to the attack effectively killing one LTTE terrorist. The soldiers have later found one T-56 machine gun, one hand grenade and number of ammunitions. Army suffered no casualties in the attack.