SUSPECTED TAMIL TIGER REBELS ON SATURDAY FATALLY SHOT TWO SOLDIERS WHO WERE PATROLLING IN A NORTHERN SRI LANKAN CITY, THE MILITARY SAID. DETAILS WERE SCANT, BUT MILITARY SPOKESMAN BRIG. PRASAD SAMARASINGHE BLAMED THE REBELS FOR AMBUSHING THE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE PATROLLING ON FOOT IN VAVUNIYA, ABOUT 210 KILOMETERS (130 MILES) NORTH OF COLOMBO. HE SAID THE ARMY WAS SEARCHING FOR THE ASSAILANTS, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. THE REBELS DENIED THEY WERE BEHIND THE ATTACK. «WE DENY THIS AND WE HAVE NO ANY INVOLVEMENT,» DAYA MASTER, A REBEL SPOKESMAN, SAID.
