Seven Tamil Tiger fighters have been killed in clashes with government soldiers in north and east Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan military said on Tuesday that four fighters had died in an attack by government troops in the district of Vavuniya a day earlier.
Three more, who had initially attacked government soldiers, died in an ambush in the Trincomalee district.
The Tamil Tigers have yet to confirm the deaths.
There has been an escalation in violence in recent months around the Tamil Tiger's northern mini-state.
The government has promised to deconstruct the mini-state and announced four months ago that it had cleared the Eastern Province of Tamil fighters, but fighting has continued.