indiatimes.com, 3 Mar, 2007 .
The rebels attacked the troops at Morawewa on Friday night. The Tigers also carried out a grenade attack against a police post, wounding two constables, the officials said.
At least 31 Tamil rebels wounded in attack in eastern
Associated Press, Fri
Fighter jets, backed by ground troops, targeted a rebel base in eastern Batticaloa district, military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said.
Rebel officials were unavailable for comment, and independent confirmation was not possible.
Also Friday, an explosion near a school spread panic among students and teachers and injured two officers at a nearby security post, the military said.
The school in Vavuniya was evacuated and none of the 700 students was hurt, police officer C.I. Bandara said by telephone.
Samarasinghe blamed separatist Tamil Tiger rebels for planting a roadside bomb near the school. Earlier reports said the explosion was caused by a mortar.
The school which has students from the country's majority Sinhalese community is in an area the government controls under a 2002 cease-fire agreement.
Vavuniya is the last major government-held town before territory controlled by the Tamil Tigers starts, and has been the scene of previous violence.
The Tigers began fighting in 1983 for a separate homeland for ethnic minority Tamils following decades of discrimination by the majority Sinhalese.
The cease-fire all but collapsed in 2006 as renewed fighting killed more than 4,000 combatants and civilians, according to European cease-fire monitors
