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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's navy said it destroyed a boat of the separatist Tamil Tiger movement and killed at least eight rebels off the country's east coast on Monday.
Navy spokesman Cmdr. D.K.P. Dassanayake said the sea clash broke out after the navy spotted suspicious movements of two boats in a restricted area off the coast of the eastern town of Pulmoddai, about 140 miles from the capital Colombo, at dawn Monday. At least eight Tigers were killed in the battle and the navy suffered no damage, Dassanayake said.
"One boat was destroyed while another boat was recovered later along with a body of insurgents' sea wing," he said.
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