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8 soldiers hurt

in Tamil ambush

COLOMBO: At least eight government soldiers were wounded in a Tamil Tiger guerrilla ambush early on Friday in north central Sri Lanka, military sources said.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels opened fire on the soldiers' Buffel armoured personnel carrier after it missed a landmine they set off, they said.

In a another incident, in the Batticaloa district in the east on Thursday night, the rebels lost an area leader when they attacked three police posts, the sources said.-Reuter