13 Sri Lankan sailors killed in rebel ambush

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a naval convoy in north-western Sri Lanka today, killing 13 sailors and injuring at least two others, the navy said.

About 30 sailors were travelling in a bus and a truck toward their base in Mannar district, 135 miles north of the capital, Colombo when they were attacked, said navy spokesman Cmdr. Jayantha Perera.