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Sril Lanka: A large number of anti personnel mines recovered from Vavuniya

VAVUNIYA: FSD de-mining team recovered 62 x Anti Personnel mines and 01 x RPG bomb during de-mining operations in the PERIYATHAMPANEI area yesterday (06).

Troops of the SL Army field Engineers attached to 61 Division recovered another 08 x anti-personnel mines during Humanitarian de-mining operation conducted in the PERIYAPANDIVIRICHCHAN area on the same day. At the same time MAG de-mining team recovered 03 x more Anti Personnel mines during operations conducted in the same area yesterday (06).

DDG de-mining team recovered 24 x Anti Personnel mines during de-mining operations conducted in the NOCHCHIKULAM area yesterday (06) while SARVATRA de-mining team recovered 02 x Anti Personnel mines from VILAYATHIKULAM area.