Apr 22, Colombo: Six Tiger Cadres have been killed in separate clashes in the North and East Sri Lanka yesterday, the Media Centre for National security (MCNS) said.

Tiger cadres clashed with the troops guarding the Forward Defence Line (FDL) in Vavuniya yesterday. Five LTTE terrorists are believed to be killed at various locations along the FDL by the security forces during the confrontation.

In a separate incident the Special Task Force (STF) personnel on a foot patrol have retaliated LTTE fire at Thirukkovil last evening wounding an LTTE cadre who later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

A T-56 rifle and two magazines with fifteen rounds of ammunitions belonged to the dead LTTE cadre have been taken to police custody.

Meanwhile, the Army troops found 72 anti personnel mines from the Priyathmpalai area in Vavuniya. The troops found these mines during clearing operations carried out in the area yesterday.

The mines were later defused by the Army bomb disposal unit.