Sri Lanka navy in high seas gun battles
Sri Lanka’s navy and ethnic Tamil rebels engaged in a high-sea gun battle that lasted until dawn today, the military said, claiming to have sunk 12 rebel boats, including five suicide craft, and killing about 80 rebels.
The fighting broke out late yesterday when about 20 boats belonging to the Tigers’ fierce sea wing attacked a navy patrol near Kankasanthurai harbour, to the east of the northern Jaffna peninsula, an official at the Media Centre for National Security said.
