17 killed in LTTE attack on police station

By Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, AUG. 21. At least 17 people including 15 policemen and two civilians were killed and 18 wounded when a police station in the eastern Sri Lankan district of Ampara came under heavy attack by the LTTE in the early hours of today. All the wounded were policemen. Four of them were said to be in a serious condition. The military spokesman, Brig. Sanath Karunaratne, said LTTE casualties were ``high''.

The police station, in the Central Camp village, 10 km from Ampara town and 350 km east of the capital, came under attack a little after midnight. A statement from the Defence Ministry said all communication channels with the police station were lost immediately. A nearby camp of the Special Task Force (STF), an elite division of the police also came under fire.

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