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Article: Sri Lankan Rebels Kill 11 Home Guards

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September 30, 1996
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At least 11 home guards and two police constables were killed by Tamil rebels Sunday in a surprise attack on a police post in Trincomalee district in the east of Sri Lanka, according to police sources here today.

The sources said that a group of rebels surrounded the police post and launched an attack using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and automatic weapons.

The police post suffered heavy ...

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