1.   In a statement issued from their London office, the Tigers said that naval gunboats this month attacked vessels carrying Tamil fishermen, killing one and leaving four missing.

2.   Naval gunboats attacked three Tamil guerrilla boats near a rebel-controlled town in the northeast, killing four rebels, military officials said Wednesday.

3.   Navy gunboats attacked Tamil Tiger rebel boats heading toward Jaffna city, the guerilla capital captured by the military, officials said Wednesday.

4.   Navy gunboats attacked Tamil Tiger rebel boats heading toward Jaffna city, the guerrilla stronghold captured by the military, officials said Wednesday.

5.   On Saturday, navy gunboats attacked two Tamil Tiger rebel boats, destroying one and killing at least six rebels who were aboard, the military said Sunday.

6.   Sri Lankan gunboats attacked a sea convoy of the guerrilla Tamil Tigers before dawn and sank two boats, military officials said on condition of anonymity.

7.   Navy gunboats attacked a flotilla of nine Tamil Tiger boats in northern Sri Lanka and killed at least eight guerrillas, the defence ministry said Sunday.