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Tamil rebels attack two navy vessels

Sri Lanka rebels attacked two navy vessels at sea, north of the capital, the military said on Wednesday.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

Updated at 3.57 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka rebels attacked two navy vessels at sea, north of the capital, the military said on Wednesday.

A vessel was set ablaze in the latest of a series of clashes many fear could rekindle civil war.

Six rebels were feared killed, the navy said.

The navy lost one patrol craft and three sailors were wounded.

“Firing is going on. One of the navy boats is on fire,” Navy spokesman Commander DKP Dassanayake said on Wednesday.

“The Air Force is also engaged.”

Military sources said around 15 Tiger vessels were involved in the clash.

Communication was lost with one of the boats with an estimated seven people aboard.

In another incident, the military said one soldier was killed and three civilians were wounded when Tiger rebels attacked an army camp with mortar fire, while residents in the district said five Tamil youths had been stabbed to death.

The Tigers were not immediately available for comment.

Wednesday's incidents came as the military prepared for the funeral of the army's deputy chief of staff, who was assassinated by a suspected rebel suicide bomber on Monday.

The attack comes on the heels of a rash of ambushes and military clashes that have killed around 700 people -- half of them civilians -- so far this year.

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