Feb 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka military said government troops engaged in gun battles along the front lines in the North killed 36 Tigers and captured Tiger territory south of Adampan tank in Mannar today. Three soldiers also were killed in the fighting, the military reported.

Navy personnel on foot patrol in jungles of Peraru in Trincomalee confronted a group of Tigers killing two and recovering weapons yesterday night, security sources said.

Army fired artilleries upon four LTTE boats launching attacks on troops on the ground in Thannikilappu in Jaffna peninsula yesterday evening killing four Tigers and destroying the boats.

Media Center for National Security said 22 LTTE Tigers were killed and three bunkers were completely destroyed during confrontations with the Army in the Vavuniya area on Thursday.

Another eight Tigers were killed and 16 were injured in confrontations with the Army on Thursday in Mannar, Vavuniya and Welioya areas. One soldier was also killed and another was injured in the skirmish.

Meanwhile the military accused Tiger rebels of firing mortars targeting a village in the Welioya area. One civilian and a female Home guard suffered injuries in the attack on Sampathnuwara village, it said.