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Six soldiers killed

By Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, JUNE 25.At least six soldiers were killed and 20 wounded when the bus they were in was blown up in an LTTE claymore mine attack in Jaffna peninsula today.

The soldiers were on their way from Madduvil to Palaly air base. In an earlier similar incident, 17 navy men were killed in a landmine blast in Trincomalee.

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