Vavuniya, September 14 :

At least 10 people have died in fresh violence in Sri Lanka, officials said today.

Three migrant workers from Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese community were gunned down in the town of Vavuniya, police said.

The defence ministry blamed the rebel group for the workers’ killings.

The ministry also said rebels shot dead a civilian in nearby Trincomalee district today, adding commandos repulsed an attack there and killed two rebels.

Meanwhile, three soldiers died late yesterday on the Jaffna peninsula, and a fourth was killed in a bomb attack in Trincomalee.