At least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and four Sri Lankan naval troops were killed in a major sea battle off the island nation's northwestern coast
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Jun. 17, 2006

At least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and four Sri Lankan naval troops were killed in a major sea battle off the island nation's northwestern coast on Saturday, the defence ministry said. The Tigers in a flotilla of 11 boats attacked patrol craft of the navy off the coast of Mannar, just a short distance away from the Palk Straits marking the sea boundary dividing India and Sri Lanka. The navy claimed it destroyed eight of the rebel boats and killed 20 Tigers while the navy lost three water jet craft together with four sailors killed and three wounded. Saturday's rebel attack came after Sri Lanka's military unleashed two days of retaliatory strikes on Thursday and Friday on rebels Tiger positions after a bus bombing killed 64 people. Meanwhile, the Tigers have shelled the police station at Pesalai in the small Mannar islet and the security forces retaliated using artillery. The pro-rebel Tamilnet website said at least 30 civilians were wounded but the defence ministry put the figure at between 15 and 20.

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