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Colombo: Sri Lankan troops captured a massive Tamil Tiger training base with underground bunkers, lecture halls and a cemetery as government forces pushed ahead with their offensive against the rebels, the military said on Sunday.
A series of raging battles across the northern war zone on Saturday killed 27 Tamil Tiger fighters and seven government troops, the military said.
Troops have broken through the rebels' defenses in recent weeks and seized a series of key towns and bases.
On Saturday evening, soldiers took control of a rebel training base in Andankulam in the Welioya region after Tamil Tiger fighters fled the area.
"Earlier they had given resistance, but afterward they had withdrawn," a spokesman said.
Troops uncovered about 100 underground bunkers, four lecture halls, water wells, toilet facilities and a cemetery for fallen fighters with 67 buried bodies, he said.
Fighting throughout the day in Welioya killed eight rebels, while battles in Vavuniya killed nine others and two soldiers, the military said. Other front line battles killed 10 other rebels and five soldiers, the military said.
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