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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 24 (UPI) -- The Tamil Tigers claimed they killed at least 35 government sailors in an attack on a naval base in northern Sri Lanka Thursday.
The Sri Lankan military confirmed the attack, saying the rebels used about 15 vessels, including three they referred to as "suicide boats." However, the military sources said they had information of only eight to 10 fatalities and rejected the rebels' higher number, Zee News reported on its Web site.
The insurgent forces staged the pre-dawn raid on a naval facility in the northern region of the country.
"During a search operation, we found 35 bodies of Sri Lankan sailors and weapons. We lost only four of our cadres," said Rasiah Ilanthiriyan, a spokesman for the Tamil Tigers.
The attack followed the decision by the International Red Cross to pull its staff from the front lines of the ongoing fighting between the government and rebel forces.
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