Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have halted an offensive on a town in eastern Sri Lanka and are pulling back to their original positions.
The pull-back comes after days of shelling and mortar bomb and artillery duels around the eastern town of Mutur, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels infiltrated the town and were locked in firefights with the military.
The Sri Lankan military, however, said the Tigers continued to fire mortars in the east, which the army responded to with artillery.
