Five terrorists killed at Nagarkovil Troops operating in the general area of Nagarkovil in the Jaffna peninsula on Thursday detected a group of terrorists manning a point and engaged them with machine gun and small arms fire. The terrorists retaliated with motar fire. Troops confirmed that five terrorists were killed in the confrontation with no casualties to our own troops. On information received, troops conducted a clearing operation in the general area of Nonoovil about 2 kms north east of Eluthumadduval, on Thursday and recovered a T 56 weapon buried under a tree. It is suspected that this weapon was smuggled into the cleared area and was buried.
Further investigations are under way.
Two soldiers were wounded due to terrorist motar fire directed towards the forward defence lines of the general area of Muhamalai and Nonoovil, about 2 kms north east of Eludumadduval in the morning. Troops on a clearing operation conducted in the general area of Idattalralai, about 7 kms south east of Kodikamam recovered a body supposed to be of a terrorist, on June 7. Kodikamam Police are conducting investigations. One home guard received minor injuries due to terrorist 60 mm mortar fire directed towards a police post in Karuwankerni, one km south of Valaichenai town on Wednesday night. A reserve constable was shot dead by a terrorist pistol group operating in the Eravur town around 10 pm on Thursday.