11.   In another onslaught, the guerrillas targeted a police patrol, killing three commandos.

12.   Maj. Arjuna Rana Singha, an officer at the scene, said one commando was killed and two injured in the Lake House battle.

13.   Maj. Arjuna Ranasingha, an officer at the scene, said one commando was killed and two injured in the Lake House battle.

14.   Meanwhile, in the jungles in eastern Batticaloa district, eight police commandos were killed in a guerrilla ambush at Vellaveli on Saturday evening, officials said.

15.   Nine commandos were killed when two Blackhawk army helicopters collided and burst into flames during a training exercise on Wednesday night.

16.   On Saturday, eight police commandos were killed in a guerrilla ambush in the jungles of the eastern Batticaloa district, the officials said.

17.   The Markaba shootout came a day after three elite Israeli commandos were killed and five wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon.

18.   The Markaba shootout came a day after three Israeli elite commandos were killed and five wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon.

19.   The Wednesday shootout came a day after three Israeli elite commandos were killed and five wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon.

20.   Two Blackhawk army helicopters collided and burst into flames Wednesday night during training exercises, killing nine commandos and leaving at least eight others missing and presumed dead.