40 Tamils shot in skirmish (r)

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At 08:49 AM 7/10/97, you wrote:
>From: "Nyein Chan" <nyeinchan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>South China Morning Post (July 10th)
>Thursday  July 10  1997
>
>Sri Lanka 
>40 Tamils shot in skirmish 
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>Troops shot dead at least 40 Tamil guerillas in a confrontation during a 
>continuing military advance to open a road in the north, the Defence 
>Ministry said yesterday. The Tigers meanwhile killed a senior 
>intelligence officer in the northern town of Vavuniya.
>
>Red Cross officials in the town said Tigers handed over the body of a 
>North Korean seaman killed during the hijacking of a merchant vessel. 
>They said his 37 fellow crewmen would be released soon.
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