![Fighting has worsened since S P Thamilselvan, leader of the Tigers' political wing, died in an air strike [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1_232319_1_5.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Military claims to have killed 17 Tamil Tiger fighters in fresh fighting.
Tamil Tigers die in Sri Lanka raids
At least seven Tamil Tigers killed in clashes with government in north and east.
![The Sri Lankan military ambushed three Tamil Tiger fighters in one attack [File: EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1_231436_1_5.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
25 Nov 2007
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.
Source: Al Jazeera, News Agencies
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