Troops recover 300 Anti- Personnel mines & large stock of ammunition

Three hundred (300) anti - personnel mines were recovered by Troops in a search operation conducted between 8.30 in the morning and 2.00 in the afternoon by the Army in the JANKAPURA area, WELIOYA on Saturday (29) while a soldier was also reported injured and a hand grenade was recovered in the morning around 11.20 on Saturday (29) in a confrontation in the same area.
Meanwhile in another confrontation with terrorists a soldier was killed in action in the same area in the evening around 6.30 the same day (29). Another soldier was also killed in a confrontation around 11.45 in the morning on Saturday (29). A soldier was also reported killed in action around 3.10 in the afternoon on Saturday (29) in the KIRIIBBANWEWA area, WELIOYA while two soldiers were reported injured during a confrontation with terrorists on the same day around 1.00 in the afternoon.
On the same day (29), four terrorists were also reported injured and 3400 rounds of live T56 rounds, 1100 MPMG live rounds and ten (10) hand grenades were recovered by Troops during a fierce confrontation with terrorist in the same area of KIRIIBANWEWA, WELIOYA in the afternoon around 12.45.