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Lanka troops capture Tiger town

Sri Lankan troops on Monday captured an eastern coastal town used by Tiger rebels to launch artillery attacks against the strategic naval port of Trincomalee, a government minister said.

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

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan troops on Monday captured an eastern coastal town used by Tiger rebels to launch artillery attacks against the strategic naval port of Trincomalee, a government minister said.

Security forces moved into Sampur, 10 kilometers across the Koddiya bay from the Trincomalee naval and air complex, with hardly any resistance, Policy Planning Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

"We captured the main Sampur artillery position of the Tigers," said Rambukwella who is also the government's defence spokesman.

"We suspect they dismantled the guns or pulled them back. We are now in Sampur."

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