Two Tamil children were killed in the explosion of an anti-personnel mine at Pallai in Kilinochchi.

Jaffna sources said that the bomb had gone off when children had tried to handle with it.

Large number of Sri Lankan military camps and posts are in North with vast quantity of explosive, these areas are out-of-bounds for the Tamil people.

Bodies have been taken to Jaffna teaching hospital.

Meanwhile, the De-mining Coordinating Office attached to the District Secretariat of Jaffna, on Friday said that it estimated around 800,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) as remaining in the former Forward Defence Line along Naakarkoayil, Mukamaalai and Ki’laali in Thenmaraadchi.