Two Army personnel killed in claymore attack

Ranil Wijayapala

JAFFNA: An Army officer and a soldier were killed and 15 others including three Tamil civilians were injured as the LTTE detonated another claymore mine targeting a Army convoy at the weekly fair at Marakanamadam in Chunnakam, Jaffna, military sources said.

According to sources, three Tamil civilians too were critically injured as they were caught up in the bomb explosion which targeted the Army convoy.

The 12 others injured in the incident included two Army officers, eight soldiers and two Police constables.

The incident occurred yesterday at 11 a.m. as the bus carrying soldiers and Police personnel were passing the weekly fair at Marakanamadam which was filled with people attending to their daily needs, sources added.

According to sources the bomb had been planted on a tree in the premises of the weekly fair.