Pemberontak itu meledakkan bahan peledak di saat seorang tentara melepas tembakan setelah ia gagal menghentikan traktor itu di pos jaga di Chenkalady, 250 km sebelah timur ibu kota pada Selasa pagi, kata militer.
The rebel triggered the explosion as a soldier opened fire when he failed to stop at the sentry point at  Chenkalady, 250 kilometres east of the capital on Tuesday morning, the military said.