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July 14: A civilian
was injured in a bomb blast in the Ottamawadi area of Batticaloa
district.
An LTTE militant swallowed
cyanide at the time he was arrested by the police in the Wellawatta
area of Colombo district.
A family of six, including
three children, were arrested by the SFs at Aselapura in the Batticaloa
district while transporting food items to the LTTE militants hiding
in the jungles.
The LTTE since 2007
has been conscripting boys and girls who had just reached 17 years
for war and by now 30 per cent of those recruited with the adults
have been killed, stated the University Teachers for Human Rights-Jaffna.
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July 13: At least seven
militants were killed when the troops attacked a LTTE camp northeast
of Sulathinakulam in the Mannar district. The troops later recovered
the dead bodies of five slain militants along with one T-56 weapon.
The troops clashed
with the LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura and north
of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district killing seven militants while
injuring 26 others.
The SFs opened fire
on two LTTE bunkers at Periyavilankulli and Puthukulam in the Mannar
district and killed five militants.
The troops in the Palamoddai
area of Vavuniya district clashed with the LTTE militants killing
at least three of them while injuring two others. An IED explosion
in the same area injured two soldiers.
Two more militants
were killed and five others injured by the SFs in the area north
of Navvi in Vavuniya district. One soldier was also injured in the
incident.
One civilian, identified
as Thabirasa Ravishanker, was shot dead by a ‘pistol gang’ militant
of the LTTE in the Uralu area of Jaffna district.
The troops killed one
LTTE militant during an encounter in the Ponnar area of Jaffna district.
The troops opened fire
on a tractor carrying LTTE militants in the Nallikulam area of Vavuniya
district killing one militant while injuring another.
The SFs fired on a
canter vehicle carrying LTTE militants in the Komparuttakulam area
of Vavuniya district leading to an unspecified number of casualties
to the LTTE. Troops later recovered the dead body of one militant
along with the damaged vehicle.
Another militant was
killed when the troops attacked an LTTE bunker in the Navakkulam
area of Vavuniya district.
One more militant was
killed and three others injured during clashes with the troops at
Parappukkal of Vavuniya district.
Two soldiers sustained
injuries in APM and IED explosions in the Ampandankulam and Uluvaneri
areas of Vavuniya district.
Another soldier was
injured when an LTTE booby trap exploded in the Eachalarakkai area
of Mannar district.
The Sri Lanka Air Force
troops recovered 460-g of C-4 explosives hidden in a hollow of a
tree from the Trincomalee district.
The troops recovered
one hand grenade in the Kantale area of Trincomalee district.
Police recovered one
claymore mine of 1.5-kg from the Thoppur area Trincomalee district.
The STF troops arrested
one LTTE militant along with one hand grenade, one camouflage uniform
and one LTTE dog tag from the Wellaveli area of Batticaloa district.
Police conducted a
search operation near the Aurveda Hospital at Rajagiriya in Colombo
and found two hand grenades, one shotgun and 36 rounds of ammunition
hidden near the statue of Dr. N.M. Perera.
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July 12: Four LTTE
militants and a soldier were killed during clashes between the two
sides in the Navvi area of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers and a
militant were injured in these clashes.
SFs killed four LTTE
militants and injured 12 others in the Puthukulam area of Vavuniya
district. One soldier was also injured in incident.
The troops killed four
LTTE cadres and injured an equal number of them in the Sannarkulam
area of Vavuniya district.
Three more LTTE militants
were reportedly killed and three others injured during clashes with
the troops in the Janakapura area of Vavuniya district. One soldier
was also injured in the incident.
The troops neutralised
one LTTE bunker in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district killing
two militants.
Two more LTTE cadres
were killed by the SFs as the troops attacked an LTTE bunker north
of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district.
Another LTTE militant
was reportedly killed as the troops attacked an LTTE camp in the
Kambiliyawa area of Vavuniya district.
Four LTTE militants
were injured in clashes with the troops in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa
in Vavuniya district.
Three soldiers sustained
injuries in APM and IED explosions in the area north of Janakapura
in Vavuniya district.
Two LTTE militants
and one soldier sustained injuries during encounters in the Kilaly
and Nagarkovil areas of the Jaffna district.
The troops neutralized
a bunker fortified with 60-mm mortar point injuring three militants
in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district.
During separate clashes
in the Kiriibbanwewa area of Vavuniya district two militants were
wounded.
Another soldier was
injured in an IED explosion in the area north of Navvi in Vavuniya
district.
The SFs also clashed
with a group of LTTE militants in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya
district and injured at least one of them.
The Sri Lanka Air Force
fighter jets bombed an LTTE bunker line and a vehicle park located
about 3.5-km south of Thunukkai in the Mullaitivu district.
Troops recovered three
hand grenades from the Kalettewa area in Anuradhapura district.
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July 11: Army
troops, after clashes that lasted for days, took full control of
the Nedunkandal town, about 16-km north east of Periyamadu in the
Mannar district. The town was an important tactical and administrative
location of the LTTE.
Troops also captured
Navvi, another small town about 15-km northwest of Omanthai in Vavuniya
district.
Five LTTE militants
were killed and six others injured in clashes with the troops in
the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district.
At least four civilians,
including two women and a 12-year-old child, were killed and 25
others sustained injuries when a group of LTTE militants shot at
a bus plying from Moneragala to Kataragma on the Buttala- Kataragma
main road.
During another confrontation
between the two sides the troops killed four LTTE militants in the
Wellaveli area of Mannar district.
The troops also killed
three LTTE militants and injured 11 others in the Maruthamadu, Eelamaruttankulam
and Ampandankulam areas of Vavuniya district.
Two militants were
killed and three others injured in the Navvi area of Vavuniya district.
Six soldiers sustained injuries in APM and IED explosions.
One soldier was killed
and two others injured in the Mundipurippu area of Vavuniya district
when the militants attacked an Army bunker. Four militants sustained
injuries in the retaliatory action by the troops.
One more soldier was
killed while another was wounded in an anti-personnel mine explosion
in the Nedunkandal area of Vavuniya district.
One militant was killed
and four others wounded by the troops in the Nagarkovil and Kilaly
areas of the Jaffna district.
10 militants were injured
in clashes with the troops in the Kiriibbanwewa area of the Vavuniya
district.
Seven soldiers were
injured during encounters in the Welioya area of the Vavuniya district.
Three more soldiers
were inured in IED explosions in the Palaweddumodai, Ampandankulam
and Vaddakkandal areas of the Vavuniya district.
Another soldier was
injured in an APM explosion the Puthukulam area of Mannar district.
One Special Task Force
trooper was injured in an abortive LTTE attempt to attack a Police
roadblock near Halmillawetya junction in the Anuradhapura district.
One LTTE militant was
wounded in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district.
The troops recovered
30 APMs from the Dangeliyadda area of Batticaloa district.
The SFs recovered 1800
General Purpose Machine Gun rounds, 300 Multi Purpose Machine Gun
rounds, 700 T-56 rounds and three 60-mm mortar fuses from the Melancholia
area of Batticaloa district.
The LTTE’s website
Tamil Net claimed the number of people displaced in Wanni continues
to rise as homes have come under artillery fire. "More than 1,00,000
people within the Wanni area have been displaced since the clashes
restarted in mid-2006. Many of the displaced are forced to live
in the open space. Shortage of fuel affects the transport of drinking
water to the IDPs," it said. The LTTE said the shortages were "imposed"
by the Government and could easily be rectified.
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July 10: At least seven
militants were killed when the troops attacked LTTE camps in the
Palamoddai, Navavi, Mundipurippu, Navakkulam, south of Ampandankulam,
Illanthaimotai and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya district.
The troops clashed
with the LTTE militants in the Chandamandankulam, Palaweddumodai,
Pallimunai, Uthkamam, Palairaimotai areas of Mannar district and
killed seven of them. Eight soldiers sustained injuries during the
operation in which they neutralized two bunkers.
Four more LTTE militants
were killed and 23 others injured by the SFs in the areas north
of Janakapura, Uluthuvely and Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya district.
Six soldiers were wounded in the incident.
Three civilians, identified
as Surendra Kumara, Wasantha Premakumara and Asanka Namal Buddhika
from the Wattegama area of Kurunegala district, were shot dead by
a ‘pistol gang’ militant of the LTTE in the Kalmunai area of Ampara
district.
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July 9: Eight LTTE
militants and one soldier were killed while six militants and two
soldiers were wounded during clashes between the two sides in the
areas north of Kiriibbanwewa and north of Janakapura in Vavuniya
district.
The SFs attacked three
LTTE bunkers in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district
and neutralised one of them killing nine militants while injuring
10 others.
The troops clashed
with the militants in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district and
killed eight of them while injuring 10 others. Seven soldiers were
injured in this incident. The troops during the operation also captured
one LTTE bunker.
Six more militants
were killed and a soldier was wounded when the troops attacked several
LTTE camps in the Anandankulam, Navvi and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya
district.
The SFs captured five
LTTE bunkers in the Mathirmadu area of Mannar district and killed
six militants.
During an encounter
with the LTTE cadres in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district,
the SFs killed two militants and injured five others. Two soldiers
were also killed in this incident.
One soldier was killed
and two others wounded when the LTTE militants fired mortars towards
the troops in the Adampaddankulam and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya
district.
Troops recovered one
unidentified dead body during a search conducted in the Avaranthalawa
area of Mannar district.
Six soldiers were injured
in IED explosions in the Palamoddai, Nedunkandal and Panankamam
areas of Vavuniya district.
Two soldiers were injured
in APM explosions in the Thirukethiswaram area of Mannar district.
Another soldier was
injured in an APM explosion in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in
Vavuniya district.
The troops captured
a LTTE bunker in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district
injuring at least three militants.
The troops in Trincomalee
arrested a woman carrying a magazine of a mini-ushi type gun.
The SLAF fighter jets
bombed a flotilla of Sea Tiger boats in the seas about one-km off
the Mullaitivu beach. One Sea Tiger boat was completely destroyed
while a few others were severely damaged.
The LTTE communication
revealed that two 'majors' were killed in air raids by the SLAF
jets on an LTTE camp in the Vaddakkachchi, eight-km Northeast of
Iranamadu tank, area of Kilinochchi district on July 6.
The LTTE has started
to extort Government servants living in un-cleared areas forcing
them to contribute SLR 4000 from their salary to the coffers of
the outfit, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said
based on the information from civilians fleeing the un-cleared areas.
He also said that civilians living under severe pressure of the
LTTE were now fleeing to the cleared areas in large numbers.
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July 8: At least eight
LTTE militants were killed as the troops neutralised one bunker
at Periyavalayankadu in the Vavuniya district.
The SFs clashed with
the LTTE militants in the area north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya
district and killed at least seven militants while injuring nine
others. Two soldiers sustained injuries in the incident.
The troops captured
four LTTE bunkers in the area north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya
district killing three militants and injuring another. The troops
later recovered the dead body of one of the slain militants along
with two T-56 weapons and one radio set.
Two soldiers were killed
and another injured during an exchange of fire which ensued after
the LTTE militants fired upon a group of soldiers who were on a
foot patrol in the Arsadikulam area of Vavuniya district.
One more militant was
killed while eight others were wounded in clashes with the SFs in
the Karukkakulam and Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district.
Six soldiers sustained
injuries in the LTTE mortar fire and explosions of IEDs in the areas
north of Janakapura and north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district.
Two soldiers sustained
injuries in IED explosions in the Adampan Kulam and Periyamadu areas
of Vavuniya district.
An LTTE logistic base,
three-km southwest of Paranthan in the Kilinochchi district, was
neutralised by the Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets.
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July 7: At least nine
LTTE militants were killed and 14 others injured during three separate
clashes with the troops in the Palamoddai and Navvi areas of Vavuniya
district.
The troops confronted
with the LTTE militants in the Kiriibbanwewa, north of Janakapura
and Kamalmunai areas of Vavuniya district and killed three of them
while injuring at least 16 others. One soldier was also killed while
two more sustained injuries in the fighting.
Another soldier was
killed while three others sustained injuries when the LTTE militants
fired mortars in the Muhamalai and Nagarkovil areas of Jaffna district.
The SFs captured three
LTTE bunkers in the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district
killing one militant and injuring four others.
The SFs neutralised
three more bunkers in the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district
killing an unspecified number of militants while inflicting injuries
to three others.
In the Palamoddai area
area of Vavuniya district, the troops neutralised one more LTTE
bunker. One militant was killed while at least three others were
wounded in the incident.
Three soldiers were
injured in explosions of APMs in the Kilaly, Eluttumadduwal and
Eachalarakkai areas of Jaffna district.
The troops neutralised
an LTTE bunker in the north of Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya district
injuring three militants.
The troops recovered
one pouch, one 9-V battery, four T-56 magazines and 39 T-56 ammunition
rounds from the Ariyamankerni area of Trincomalee district.
The SFs recovered 30
APMs from the Dangeliyadda area of Batticaloa district.
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July 6: Seven LTTE
militants were killed during clashes with the troops in the Navathkulama,
Ampandankulam and Palamoddai areas of the Vavuniya district.
Four LTTE militants
were killed and 10 others sustained injuries during clashes with
the troops in the area north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa and Andankulam
areas of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were wounded in these clashes.
The SFs also killed
two LTTE militants in the Mannar district.
One soldier was killed
and another injured in an LTTE attack in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna
district.
Another soldier was
killed by the militants at Puthukulam in the Mannar district.
Five LTTE militants
were injured in clashes with the SFs in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna
district.
One soldier was wounded
in an APM explosion in the Eluttumadduwal area of Jaffna district.
One soldier sustained
injuries in an LTTE-triggered APM explosion at Moddai in the Vavuniya
district.
The SFs neutralised
an LTTE bunker at Kovitkanchikulam in the Vavuniya district.
One LTTE combat trouser,
one LTTE pack and parts of one hand-held radio set were recovered
during search operations conducted by the troops in the Ariyamankerni
area of Trincomalee district.
Sri Lanka Army reopened
the Omanthai entry/exit point, the southernmost entrance between
the cleared areas (area under Government control) and the non-liberated
areas (area not under Government control) in the Northern Province,
at 3.15 pm (SST). According to the defence sources, the ICRC officials
also opened their offices at the point. The entry/ exit point remained
closed since July 1 as the ICRC officials opted to close their offices
on security reasons claiming that Sri Lanka Air Force had carried
out air raids at LTTE targets located close to their offices in
the area.
Insisting that he still
remained the leader of the TMVP, Karuna admitted there was an attempt
by some top government officials to split the outfit without the
knowledge of President Mahinda Rajapakse.
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July 5: At least
15 LTTE militants were killed and 18 others injured as the troops
confronted with the militants in the Ampandankulam, Puttakamam,
Paranthekulam, Palamoddai and Navvi areas of Vavuniya district.
Also nine soldiers were injured in LTTE mortar fire while four others
sustained injuries in explosions of APMs and improvised explosive
devices. One LTTE bunker was neutralised by the SFs in the Palamoddai
area.
Four more LTTE militants
were also killed while nine others got inured in clashes with the
SFs in the areas north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa, Naddamankulam
and Anandankulam areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also
killed while four others received injuries.
One soldier sustained
injuries in a confrontation with the LTTE militants in the Kattiaratan
area of Jaffna district.
Troops on search and
clear operations in the Dangeliyadda and Eravur areas of Batticaloa
district recovered 52 APMs and one hand grenade.
The Sri Lanka Air Force
fighter jets neutralised an LTTE camp in the Vaddakkachchi, eight-km
Northeast of Iranamadu tank, area of Kilinochchi district.
The LTTE commemorated
356 Black Tigers, men and women, who have staged suicide attacks
since the tactic was first used by the outfit 21 years ago, reports
Agencies. "Three hundred and fifty six Black Tigers have laid down
their lives, 254 of them in sea operations, during the last 21 years
since," Tamil Net said. The LTTE in 2007 had commemorated 322 suicide
bombers who perished in attacks. The figures show that 34 suicide
bombers had carried out attacks in the past year. An attack on Anuradhapura
air base on October 22, 2007 was the worst, with 21 suicide bombers
destroying a fleet of aircraft. One militant later returned to the
north with video footage of the attack, while the others were shot
dead or blew themselves up.
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July 4: At least 25
LTTE militants were killed and an equal number of them injured by
the SFs as clashes erupted between the two sides in the Parayanakulam,
Palamoddai, Vidattaltive, Periyamadu and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya
and Mannar districts. Two soldiers were also in killed an IED explosion
in the Palamoddai area. Separately, two soldiers engaged in clashes
in the -Periyamadu areas went missing. Nine bunkers were also neutralized
by the troops near Periyamadu.
At least 20 LTTE militants
were killed 12 others injured during confrontations with the troops
in the Maruthamadu, Navakkulam, Thunukkai, Nochchimunai and Navvi
areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while three
others got injured in the confrontations.
At least 17 militants
were killed as the Army’s 59th Division engaged in an offensive
on the Welioya front captured the LTTE’s strategic Michael Base.
The Michael Base, part of the 1-4 Base, is located seven-km north
of Janakapura and is similar to the Munnagam base - the first base
in the 1-4 complex captured earlier -, is an underground structure.
The troops confronted
with the LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura, north
of Kiriibbanwewa and Ranabapura areas of Vavuniya district and killed
eight LTTE militants while injured 22 others. Troops also captured
one LTTE bunker.
Five more LTTE militants
were killed and at least 12 others wounded by the troops during
clashes in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa and Janakapura in Vavuniya
district.
Four more LTTE militants
were killed and another injured by the SFs during another confrontation
between the two sides in the Ampachdankulam and Thiraktive areas
of Mannar district. One soldier also received injuries in the explosion
of an anti personnel mine.
During another confrontation
the SFs killed three LTTE militants in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna
district.
At least 17 soldiers
received injuries in LTTE fire and explosions of anti personnel
mines in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district.
Explosions of three
APMs in the Kiriibbanwewa and Janakapura areas of Vavuniya district
wounded three soldiers. Troops also recovered 236 APMs and 13 IEDs
from these areas.
Troops recovered 30
APMs at Dangeliyadda in the Thoppigala area of Batticaloa district.
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July 3: Three civilians
and an equal number of police personnel were injured in an LTTE-triggered
remote controlled claymore mine explosion near the railway station
at Eravur in the Batticaloa district.
The SLAF fighter jets
neutralised an LTTE camp, two-kms southwest of Vidattaltive in the
Mannar district.
The SLAF MI-24 gun
ships bombed several vehicles carrying a group of militants in the
area surrounding Vidattaltive in the Mannar district.
A Sea Tiger (the sea
wing of the LTTE) base, known as Devil Point in the Jaffna lagoon,
some 15-kms southwest of Pooneryn in Jaffna was shelled by the SLAF
jets.
Police seized 150-kgs
of gelignite explosives and arrested a suspect together with a van
at a road block in the Kalpitiya area of Puttalam district.
The founder of the
TMVP, Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan alias ‘Colonel’ Karuna, returned
to Colombo after completing his jail term in Britain on charges
of violation of immigration laws.
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July 2: 12 LTTE militants
were killed by the SFs in the clashes at Kayamodai and Puthukulam
in the Mannar district.
The troops killed 12
militants in the Janakapura, Kokkuthuduvai and Palamoddai areas
of Vavuniya district.
Two more militants
were killed in the Vedamakilam area of Vavuniya district.
At least 24 militants
and six soldiers also sustained injuries in clashes with the troops
in the Mannar and Vavuniya districts.
The STF recovered a
cache of arms and weapons from a house belonging to a Sinhalese
in the Ambalangodella area of Vavuniya district, following information
given by the woman who was arrested on July 1 while carrying explosives
hidden in a coconut shell. According to the Vavuniya Police, this
happens to be one of the biggest haul of arms found in a single
place by the STF. The recovered items include land mines each weighing
over 11-kgs, five claymore mines, four hand grenades, five detonators,
four claymore stands, mobile phones, batteries and a stock of wire.
The suspect, along with two companions was arrested by the Police.
The Vavuniya Police
recovered over four-kgs of explosives hidden in a barrel at the
Sittambarampuram Internally Displaced Person camp on information
provided by the same woman.
Troops on search operations
in the Ariyamankerni area of Trincomalee district one RPG bomb,
two 60-mm mortar bombs, two LMG drums, 30 rounds of T-56 ammunition,
40 MPMG ammunitions, one 40-mm grenade bomb, two T-56 magazines
and three hand grenades.
Troops recovered 10-kgs
claymore mine, one hand grenade, one grenade launcher, one anti
personnel mine, 40 T-56 ammunition rounds, one anti personnel mine,
two T-56 magazines, two hand grenades, one pouch and one pack from
the Punani, Muttur, Pallikudiruppu areas of Batticaloa and Trincomalee
district.
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July 1: At least 25
LTTE militants were killed and more than 39 others injured as the
troops confronted with the militants in the Ampandankulam East,
Periyamadu North, Palamoddai, Navvi, Andankulam, Yalankulam, Echarakkai,
Janakapura North, Kokkutoduvai and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya
district. Two soldiers were also killed while 25 others wounded
in LTTE-triggered explosions and firing during the clashes.
Suspected LTTE militants
shot dead a businessman in the Abepura Uppuveli area of Trincomalee
district.
One LTTE militant was
killed and another injured by the security forces while they attempted
to snatch the T-56 weapon of an airman serving the Air Force roadblock
at Thambalagamuwa in the Kantale area of Trincomalee district.
Unidentified militants
opened fire at an Air Force helicopter flying across the Ampara
area, said the Media Centre for National Security. The US-built
Bell 414 helicopter made an emergency landing at Arugam Bay due
to a sudden loss of fuel. The Air Force suspects that the helicopter
had been fired upon while it was on its way from Ampara to Arugam
Bay.
A LTTE base for special
and air training at Ampakamam, about seven-km north of Olumaduwai
in the Mullaitivu district, was neutralised by the SLAF fighter
jets.
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June 30: The SFs killed
an LTTE militant ahead of the Muhamalai FDL in the Jaffna district.
The security forces
engaged in the Wanni liberation operation, entered a decisive phase
as the troops created the biggest ever military front to the LTTE
in the western flank of Wanni with two Army divisions that independently
operated in Mannar and Vavuniya linking together from southeast
of Periyamadu.
The LTTE has "lost
their capability of fighting as a conventional army" because of
the offensive the military is waging against them, Army Chief Lt.
Gen. Sarath Fonseka said.
Five LTTE militants
were killed while 11 others injured during confrontations with the
troops in the areas north of Janakapura and north of Kiriibbanwewa
in the Vavuniya district.
Three soldiers were
killed and two others injured in LTTE-triggered IEDs explosions
at Palamoddai and Kovitkanchikulam in Vavuniya district.
The SFs killed two
LTTE militants and injured three others in an encounter in the Palamoddai
and Kovitkanchikulam area of Vavuniya district.
Two more LTTE militants
were killed while four others injured by the SFs in the Nagarkovil,
Muhamalai and Kilaly areas of Jaffna district. One soldier was also
injured in the clash around Kilaly.
The dead body of the
soldier who went missing during a clash with the LTTE militants
in the Navvi area of Vavuniya district on June 29 was recovered
by the troops from the same area.
The SFs recovered the
dead body of one militant along with one T-56 weapon, one LTTE dog
tag, one radio set and four hand grenades from the Navvi area of
Vavuniya district.
The dead body of one
more militant was recovered along with one T-56 weapon from the
Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district.
At Kiriibbanwewa in
Vavuniya district, two soldiers sustained injuries in LTTE-triggered
IEDs explosions.
The MI 24 fighter helicopters
of the SLAF bombed an LTTE operation coordinating centre in the
Pooneryn area of Jaffna district.
The troops recovered
two hand grenades from the Kumburupiddy area of Trincomalee district.
The naval troops recovered
the dead body of a suspected LTTE militant along with four hand
grenades, four T-56 magazines, one pouch and a cyanide capsule from
the seas off Pallimunai lagoon in Mannar district.
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June 29: The troops
killed three LTTE militants and injured four others near the Navakkulam
FDL in the Vavuniya district. Three soldiers were also injured in
the LTTE fire.
The 58 Division of the Sri Lanka Army
operating on the Mannar successfully completed operation ‘Rice Bowl’
after capturing over 120 square kilometres, including 105 square kilometres
of the most fertile land in the country. The 58 Division completed
this almost nine month long operation to secure the Mannar ‘Rice Bowl’
killing 2,058 LTTE militants and inflicting injuries on 1,208. With
the capture of this entire ‘Rice Bowl’, troops have reached four kilometres
South of Vedithalthivu, the biggest Sea Tiger (sea wing of the LTTE)
base on the North Western coast.
10 militants were killed
and 32 others injured when the troops attacked LTTE camps north
of Kiriibbanwewa and Janakapura in the Vavuniya district.
Six more LTTE militants
were killed and eight others injured during a confrontation with
the troops in the area north of Navavi area of Vavuniya district.
One soldier was also killed while three others got injured. One
more soldier was reportedly missing in the confrontation.
During separate clashes
between the two sides in the Pandiyankulam, Palamoddai and Periyamadu
areas of Vavuniya district, the SFs killed seven LTTE militants
and injured four others.
The troops captured
one LTTE bunker ahead of the Muhamalai FDL in the Jaffna district
killing four militants.
Two more LTTE militants
were killed and another wounded by the troops in the area north
of Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya district.
The SFs repulsed an
LTTE attack towards Army’s newly established line in the area north
of Janakapura. One soldier was killed while seven others injured
in LTTE mortar fire and explosions of anti personnel mines and improvised
explosive devices.
Troops sniped and killed
one LTTE militant in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district.
Three soldiers sustained
injuries in a confrontation with the LTTE militants in the Nedunkandal
and Vilayathikulam areas of Vavuniya district.
The troops captured
another LTTE base in Parappakandattan, four-km north of Giant Tank
in the Mannar district. Several tombs militants were also found
in the general area of Alkaddiveli.
The SFs arrested one
suspected militant along with 160-gm of C4 explosives, one detonator
and one fuse from the Lanka Patuna area of Trincomalee district.
One hand grenade was
recovered by the SFs from one lorry passing Magammana in the Homagama
area of Colombo district.
Police recovered 20
rounds of T-56 ammunition and a hand grenade from a vehicle belonging
to the Jaffna branch of the HRC. Confirming the incident, Police
spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said that the cache was found inside
the vehicle while it was undergoing repairs inside a garage. He
added that the driver of the vehicle along with the garage owner
and two mechanics employed at the garage were taken into custody
for questioning.
President Mahinda Rajapakse
expressed no interest in easing off his military's offensive against
the LTTE. "There are calls for a cease-fire when the terrorists
face defeat. I will not allow anyone to curtail the forward march
of the troops," Rajapakse said.
Amid claims of major
advances into the LTTE- controlled territory in the Mannar district
in the north, the Sri Lankan military reported influx of civilians
from LTTE-held areas into the government-controlled side. In a statement
in Colombo, the Defence Ministry said, "It is observed that
Tamil civilians fleeing LTTE-held areas continuously reaching towards
security forces seeing protection for their lives as they are living
under severe life risk in LTTE areas. As the troops captured almost
all the terror strongholds in Mannar front, an escalation of civilian
movement towards government-controlled areas can be observed".
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June 28: At least 20
LTTE militants were killed and 13 others injured when troops opened
fire on their positions in Ambaddankulam, Naddankulam, Navatkulam,
Panichchanmadu, Naouarampu and Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district.
Two soldiers were also killed and two others injured in the fight.
One soldier was injured
in an explosion of a terrorist anti-personnel mine during a clearing
operation in the general area of Kilaly of Jaffna district.
Police recovered one
sniper gun, two radio sets, five rounds of 303 ammunition, 300 T-56
ammunition, two hand grenades, two T-56 magazines and one 303 magazine
during a search operation at Kadakarachchena in the Muttur area
of Trincomalee district.
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June 27: At least 25
LTTE militants were killed and an unspecified number of them injured
as security forces captured the outfit’s strategic "54-Base", said
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
25 more LTTE militants
were killed and two soldiers sustained injuries as the SFs engaged
in operation ‘Rice Bowl’ on the Mannar Front fully captured the
Andankulam area and 13 square kilometres surrounding it, an unnamed
senior military official said.
At least 20 LTTE militants
were killed more than 40 others injured as clashes erupted between
the two sides in the Andankulam, north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa
areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while two
more sustained injuries in the confrontations.
Another soldier was
killed and one more got injured in a LTTE-triggered remote controlled
claymore mine explosion in the Manthikai area of Jaffna district.
The troops during a
search operation recovered the dead body of one LTTE militant from
the Janakapura area in Vavuniya district.
At least 17 LTTE militants
were injured in confrontations with the SFs at Echarakkai, Andankulam,
Chapman and Uluvaneri in the Vavuniya district.
The troops captured
one LTTE camp at Oddupalan in the Vavuniya district injuring eight
militants. One soldier was also injured in LTTE fire.
Nine more militants
were injured as the troops captured another LTTE camp at Pappamoddai
in the Vavuniya district.
Four soldiers sustained
injuries in LTTE fire and explosions of APMs at Periyamadu in the
Uluvaneri area of Vavuniya district.
The troops observed
an LTTE movement in the Ethawatunuwewa area of Vavuniya district
and opened fire towards them forcing them to flee the area.
The SLAF fighter crafts
neutralised one more LTTE base in the Pirappavettuwan area, about
10-km north of Oddusudan in the Mullaitivu district where the outfit
used to train their special force cadres.
The troops recovered
100 Multi Purpose Machine Gun ammunition rounds, two 60-mm mortar
bombs and one hand grenade from the Manalachchanai Periyavil area
of Trincomalee district.
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June 26: Troops operating
on the Mannar front captured two and half square kilometres of land
between Chalampan and Marattikannaddi on the Andankulam-Vedithalthivu
road in Mannar district. "Twelve Tiger cadres were killed during
the confrontation between 8 am to 3 pm yesterday to capture this
terrain," Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, adding,
"With the capture of this key location all supply routes from Mannar
Northwards to the Pooneryn road has been totally cut off to the
LTTE."
Six LTTE militants
were killed during confrontations with the troops at Pandayan, according
to Sri Lanka Army. Four soldiers were also injured during the clash.
The troops also eliminated
five LTTE militants and injured eight others in the Morathandaman
area of Mannar district. One soldier was also wounded in the incident.
The troops captured
one more LTTE bunker in the Kanapputtukulam area of Mannar district
and killed five militants while injuring six others. One T-56 weapon
was also recovered from the incident site.
Four more LTTE militants
were killed and nine others injured in an encounter with the troops
in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district. Four soldiers also
sustained injuries in action.
Two soldiers conducting
clearing operations in the north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district
were killed in an LTTE-triggered improvised explosive device explosion.
Two LTTE militants
were killed and two others injured during separate confrontations
with the troops in the Palaiveddumodai and Navakkulam areas of Vavuniya
district.
One more LTTE militant
was eliminated and five others wounded by the SFs in the Mullikandal
area of Mannar district.
One militant was killed
and another injured during clashes with the troops in the Janakapura
north and Kiriibbanwewa areas Vavuniya district.
The SFs recovered the
dead body of an LTTE militant along with a dog tag bearing LTTE
number 7296 from the Navavi area Vavuniya district.
The SFs on search operations
in the north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district recovered the dead
body of one female LTTE militant.
Six militants were
injured as the troops captured another LTTE bunker at Balampan in
Mannar district.
Two civil members serving
the Army and one soldier sustained injuries when the LTTE militants
fired on the troops in the Alkaddivalikulam area of Vavuniya district.
The SLAF fighter jets
neutralised an LTTE forward operation base at Marattikannaddi, two-km
north of Andankulamwewa in the Mannar district. After about 10 minutes
later, the SLAF fighter jets bombed an LTTE training facility located
at a place, about three-km north of Wellankulamwwewa in the Mannar
district.
Troops of the 57 Division
who entered the Periyamadu village in Vavuniya district on June
24 and consolidated its position by capturing seven square kilometres
surrounding the village by June 26-noon.
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June 25: The troops
killed five LTTE militants and injured more than 20 others in the
Kiriibbanwewa area of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed
and seven others got injured. Troops captured three trenches and
recovered 3500 rounds of ammunition.
Four more LTTE militants
were killed and five soldiers received injuries during confrontations
in the Sirumollakandi and Navavi areas of Vavuniya district.
The troops captured
an LTTE camp with 120-mm gun positions at Kattikulam in the Vavuniya
district killing three militants and injuring three others. LTTE
transmissions later confirmed that one area leader was among the
injured. One soldier also sustained injuries in action.
The troops neutralised
two LTTE bunkers in the Kiraddikulam area of Vavuniya district killing
two more militants. Two militants and a soldier were also injured
in the clashes.
During a confrontation
between the two sides in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district,
one soldier was killed while four others sustained injuries.
Another confrontation
in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district caused death to one
LTTE militant.
During a search operation
in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district, the troops recovered
the dead body of one militant.
One more LTTE militant
was killed by the SFs ahead of Muhamalai FDL in Jaffna district.
Four soldiers were
injured as the troops captured one LTTE camp in the area north of
Janakapura in Vavuniya district.
Another clash in the
Veddayamurippu area of Vavuniya district caused injury to one more
soldier.
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June 24: The troops
operating in the Mannar front captured several key locations in
the North and North East of Adampan securing Mavilakkandi, Minnanirachchan
and Marattikannaddi areas, Military sources said. At least 10 LTTE
militants were killed in the confrontation that erupted from early
hours of the day. Five soldiers also sustained injuries during these
confrontations.
The SFs killed six
LTTE militants and injured three others in the Periyamadu area of
Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while three others
got injured in the incident.
At least five LTTE
militants were killed and 24 others injured during confrontation
with the troops in the Janakapura area of Vavuniya district. One
soldier also died in an anti personnel mine explosion during the
clash.
The troops neutralised
an LTTE bunker in the Mullikandal area of Mannar district killing
three militants. One soldier was also killed in action.
Two soldiers and an
LTTE militant were killed during confrontations that erupted between
the two sides in the Varani and Muhamalai area of Jaffna district.
The troops eliminated
three LTTE militants in the Illamarudankulam area of Vavuniya district.
Two more LTTE militants
were killed when the troops attacked a group of LTTE militants in
the area west of Periyamadu in Vavuniya district.
The troops eliminated
two LTTE militants and injured two others in the clash at Kiraddikulam
in Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were also injured in action.
The Sri Lanka Air Force
fighter jets neutralised three LTTE bases in the south of Muhamalai,
another bunker line and an artillery launching pad in separate incidents.
The SLAF neutralised
LTTE camps at Andankulam in the Vavuniya district.
The SLAF jets neutralised
an LTTE training base, located three-km north of Muthuaiyankaddukulam
tank north of Oddusudan, in the Mullaitivu district.
The Matale Police acting
on a tip off raided a house at Palapathwala and arrested an LTTE
suspect along with an unregistered motorcycle hidden inside the
house for more than eight years. The 55-year-old suspect married
to a Sinhala woman hails from Oddusuddan. Investigations revealed
that their two sons are living in Oddusuddan. Matale Superintendent
of Police Macarthy Perera said investigations are continuing to
establish what type of contact the suspect had with the LTTE and
see whether the motorcycle was kept for any subversive activity.
The SFs recovered one
claymore mine weighing two-kg, one anti personnel mine and one hand
grenade from the Kahawaththamunai area of Batticaloa district.
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June 23: Three policemen were killed
and another injured when suspected LTTE militants carried out a
bomb explosion near the Aiyththamalai Police post in Batticaloa
district.
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June 22: At least 10 LTTE militants
were killed and about 30 others injured as the troops captured an
LTTE line of six bunkers built in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya
district. Four solders were killed while seven others got injured
in the clashes. One more soldier was reported missing in action.
10 more LTTE militants were killed
by the SFs as clashes erupted between the two sides in the Chalampan,
Veddayamurippu, Kiraddikulam and Kovitakunchu area of Mannar district.
Two soldiers were also killed while one more received injury.
The SFs confronted the LTTE militants
in the Muppankulam area of Vavuniya district on June 21-night and
June 22-morning killing six militants and injuring a few others.
During another confrontation between
the two sides in the areas north of Janakapura, Mani Kindamalai
and Veddankerni, the SFs killed three militants while inuring 30
others. Nine soldiers were also reported injured in the explosions
of improvised explosive devices and LTTE fire.
Two Police personnel were killed
in a LTTE-triggered claymore mine explosion at Kaludaweli in the
Valaichchenai area of Batticaloa district. One civilian passer-by
was also injured in the explosion.
Two LTTE militants were killed while
three others injured in two separate encounters with the troops
in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district. Five soldiers sustained
injuries in these incidents.
A civilian, identified as Ravi Tharoshan,
was shot dead at his residence in Trincomalee by an unidentified
motorbike-riding assailant.
The STF personnel repulsed an LTTE
attack towards a group of STF personnel on a search operation at
Kaludaweli in the Valaichchenai area of Batticaloa district and
subsequently recovered the dead body of one militant along with
two hand grenades and one cyanide capsule.
One militant was killed when the
troops attacked an LTTE bunker in the Kattiaratan area of Jaffna
district.
One more LTTE militant was killed
by the SFs during a confrontation at Ponnar in Jaffna district.
Army troops found one T-56 weapon
and one S-84 type weapon hidden inside a three-wheeler speeding
past Kotahena area in Colombo. The driver of the three-wheeler was
also arrested.
The European broadcasts of the Tharisanam
Television - a major propaganda arm of the LTTE is to be suspended
immediately, the service announced. It is believed the Television
Service which has been used for a long period of time as an organ
not only for LTTE propaganda but also as a tool to raise funds for
the terrorist organisations much needed weapons and ammunition,
that have been also used to harm civilians through their suicide
bombers and claymore mines became a major cause for Israeli Government
to bring pressure on the Israeli satellite company to suspend the
broadcasts.
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June 21: Seven LTTE militants were
killed and nine others injured during confrontations with the SFs
in the Janakapura, Andankulam and Weddakulam areas of Vavuniya district.
Two soldiers also sustained injuries in these clashes.
The SFs captured three LTTE bunkers
killing four LTTE militants while injuring two others in the Nedunkandal
area of Mannar district. Three soldiers were also injured in the
incident.
Four LTTE militants were killed
as the Army troops serving in the Poovarasankulam area of Vavuniya
district observed these militants, two males and two females, busy
constructing a hut near a bunker.
One soldier and an LTTE militant
were killed as confrontations erupted between the two sides in the
Mundipurippu, Navavi and Karukkakulam areas of Mannar and Vavuniya
district. One soldier and a militant were reported injured during
these clashes.
One soldier was killed in an LTTE-triggered
improvised explosive device explosion in the Kilaly area of Jaffna
district.
Another soldier was killed during
an exchange of gunfire with the LTTE militants in the Kiraddikulam
area of Vavuniya district. After about two hours, another LTTE attack
mounted on the troops serving in the same area was repulsed by the
SFs who confirmed at least two militants were severely injured in
retaliation.
The troops captured one LTTE bunker
in the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district killing one
militant while injuring at least four others.
Clashes in the Andankulam and Mavilakkandi
area of Vavuniya district caused injury to about seven LTTE militants.
Two soldiers were also injured in the clashes at Mavilakkandi.
The residence of Porathivupattu
Pradeshiya Sabha (Village Council) Vice Chairman at Wellaveli in
the Batticaloa district came under fire directed by an unidentified.
Two TMVP members in the house were injured in the incident.
One soldier was injured in a booby
trap explosion while he was engaged in clearing operation at the
Palamoddai area in Vavuniya district.
The troops injured an LTTE militant
at Navakkulam in Vavuniya district.
The troops captured one LTTE bunker
at Periyamadu in Vavuniya district. Troops also captured three LTTE
bunkers in the same area during another operation.
32 anti personnel mines were recovered
by the SFs during a search operation in the Dangeliyadda area of
Batticaloa district.
A sachet of explosives containing
800-gm of C4 placed near a column of the railway bridge at Nawayalathenna
on the Kandy– Matale railway line was recovered and later defused
by the security forces.
A claymore mine weighing about six-kg
was recovered from the Sebestian canal at Bodhiraja Mawatha in Colombo
10.
One person believed to have maintained
close contact with the LTTE was arrested in Colombo by a special
Police team. Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested
suspect, the manager of "Sooriyan Rest", No. 18, station
road, Colombo 6, had provided accommodation to the LTTE suicide
cadre who self-detonated an explosion targeting a Police vehicle
near the Sambuddhaloka Temple on Lotus Road on May 16, 2008. A copy
of the Identity Card of the suicide terrorist has been found by
the Police from Room No. 23 of the lodge.
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June 20: Two LTTE militants were
killed and at least two others injured during clashes between the
two sides in the Palamoddai, Navavi, Periyamadu and Kiraddikulam
areas of Vavuniya district. Five soldiers also sustained injuries
in the clashes.
The troops killed two LTTE militants
and injured six others as they neutralised two LTTE bunkers in the
Janakapura area of Vavuniya district.
During separate clashes between
the two sides in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa and Kokkuthuduvai
in Vavuniya district the troops injured six militants. Five soldiers
were also reported injured in the LTTE fire.
Three LTTE militants on board a
tractor were observed by the troops while it was moving in the Pooneryn
area of Jaffna district. Troops opened fire at the vehicle and later
confirmed that all the militants aboard the vehicle were injured
in the Army fire.
Police, following information received
from a Black Tiger arrested in Colombo recently, recovered 9.5-kg
of C4 explosives, 1.5-kg of steel balls, eight detonators and some
batteries. Further interrogation led to the arrest of another LTTE
militant, impersonated as a film director, who was gathering intelligence
on movements of VIPs participating in a function at the BMICH (Bandaranaike
Memorial International Conference Hall), Colombo. Police found an
invitation card enabling him to take part in the function at the
BMICH and one Identity Card to prove that he was a film director
from his possession. It was revealed that the arrested militant
had also been involved in making explosive devices in one of his
houses at Kotahena in Colombo.
A sophisticated machine used for
printing forged credit cards was recovered by a special CID team
along with four suspects, sources said. A defence official told
the Daily Mirror the machine was found after interrogating Neshanadan
Muruganandan alias Anandan - the alleged mastermind behind an international
credit card scam - arrested by the Special Task Force personnel
in Wellawatta last week. The official, who declined to reveal the
location where the machine was found however said it was found in
a house in Colombo. He said the four arrested suspects were also
having direct links with the LTTE and further investigations were
underway to arrest more suspects. The main suspect had a large number
of Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) of credit cards and bank
receipts issued by both local and foreign banks, amounting to more
than SLR 100 million, in his possession at the time of the arrest.
He also had local bank receipts on credit cards and receipts of
goods bought from an electrical items shop during the past three
weeks. He had cloned credit cards using PIN and card numbers obtained
from unsuspecting original credit card holders in Britain, Singapore,
Switzerland, Malaysia and Canada.
Army troops conducting search and
clear operations in the Dangeliyadda area of Batticaloa district
recovered 15 anti personnel mines.
Troops recovered one browser with
the capacity of 3000 litre while it ad been abandoned at the Tractor
junction in Batticaloa district.
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June 19: At least 17 LTTE militants
were killed and 14 others injured during confrontations with the
troops in the Vedamakilam, Periyamadu, Kayamunai, Nedunkandal, Eachalarakkai,
Kuranchatalav and Andankulam areas of Mannar and Vavuniya districts.
Three soldiers were also killed while nine others sustained injuries.
Six more soldiers were killed and
more than twenty others injured in encounters with the troops in
the Mankindamulai, Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa and Andankulam areas
of Vavuniya district. Seven soldiers also sustained injuries in
the LTTE fire and anti-personnel mines and improvised explosive
devices’ explosions during the clashes. The troops also neutralized
one LTTE bunker in the area north of Janakapura.
Two Police Constables were shot
dead by two motorbike riding LTTE militants at Kalmunai in the Samanthurai
town area of Ampara district. The victims were identified as Mohammed
Ismail Gazali and Sandanadan Ramesh.
A group of LTTE militants moving
ahead of the Muhamalai FDL in Jaffna district was fired upon by
the troops. During the ensuing exchange of fire two militants were
killed and three soldiers got injured.
The SFs killed LTTE’s intelligence
wing leader for Trincomalee, Soundrarajan alias Thangan, during
a clearing operation at Manachchena in the east of Neelapola. He
had been entrusted the clandestine operation since January, this
year after his predecessor, Ari Chelvam was killed by the Army.
A 60-kg consignment of 373 gelignite
sticks concealed among gunny bags of rice was seized by the Police
from a lorry at Pandulagama in the Nochchiyagama area of Anuradhapura
district.
Basil Rajapakse, the presidential
advisor of President Mahinda Rajapakse, admitted that the LTTE represented
a ‘fair number of Tamils’ but ruled out any quick truce with the
rebels.
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June 18: Seven LTTE militants were
killed as troops attacked LTTE camps in the Kiraddikulam and Vaddakkandal
areas of Vavuniya district.
Troops opened fire on an LTTE tractor
moving in the Kovilpuliyankulam area of Vavuniya district and killed
one militant.
The SFs captured a fortified LTTE
bunker in the area north of Janakapura and killed two militants
while injuring six others. Three soldiers were also reported injured
in the incident. After about an hour, another group of militants
in the same area launched a counter attack on the troops conducting
clearing operations around the captured bunker. Troop retaliated
and foiled the attack injuring six militants. One soldier also sustained
injury in the LTTE fire.
One soldier was killed during clashes
with the LTTE militants in the north of Janakapura and north of
Kiriibbanwewa areas. 12 militants were reported injured in these
clashes.
One soldier was killed and a police
man was injured when the LTTE militants opened fire towards an Army
and Police combined check post in the Mannar district.
Troops opened fire on a group of
LTTE militants moving ahead of the Muhamalai FDL in Jaffna district
and injured two of them. One soldier too was injured in retaliatory
LTTE firing.
A hand grenade was recovered from
inside a private bus plying from Avissawella to Colombo.
Italian Police said they have arrested
33 suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
in pre-dawn raids across the country. Police in Naples said the
suspects were picked up in 10 cities including Rome, Genoa, Bologna,
Naples and Palermo at the end of a two-year investigation. Some
200 police were involved in the operation which saw raids across
the country including the island of Sicily, an official with the
police counter-terrorism cell told AFP. Police believe the suspects,
all Sri Lankan citizens, extorted money from their fellow nationals
in the various cities and sent it home to finance the LTTE. Luigi
Bonacura of the Naples police said the operation effectively dismantled
the Tiger network in Italy. Tamil expatriates in Italy are forced
to contribute money to the LTTE, Police said. The funds are taken
out of Italy through Swiss banks. Three months ago the Italian authorities
closed down an illegal Tiger propaganda TV channel operating from
Italian territory. Neapolitan police team has also discovered a
kind of intelligence service in the LTTE called TIG, which controls
people from Sri Lanka of the Tamil ethnic group resident in Italy,
holding detailed files and photos, both of supporters and non-supporters
of the organisation. Reports on Italian TV speculated that the annual
amount extorted from expatriate Tamils in Italy was around four
million euros (6.2 million dollars).
Malaysia launched an inquiry into
an allegation that some persons in Malaysia had given instructions
to LTTE in Sri Lanka to carry out bomb attacks in the capital Colombo
and its suburbs. Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said his
Government would investigate the matter thoroughly, and take severe
action against any Malaysians with links to the LTTE. The action
has been taken following Sri Lankan media claims that six suspects,
who were arrested in Wattala with explosives last week, were waiting
for instructions over the phone from persons in Malaysia to carry
out bomb attacks in Colombo. "I have checked the news report personally...Malaysia
will never tolerate any type of terrorism. If it is true that some
Malaysians are involved with the LTTE, we will take severe action,"
Home Minister said.
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June 17: At least 14 LTTE militants
were killed and three others injured during confrontations with
the troops in the Palamoddai, Karukkakulam, Kovitkanchikulam and
south of Navavi areas in the Vavuniya and Mannar districts.
During another confrontation between
the two sides in the areas north of Janakapura, Andankulam and Ethawatunuwewa
areas of Vavuniya district, the SFs killed seven LTTE militants
and wounded at least six others. Three soldiers also got injured
in the confrontations.
Three soldiers were killed in a
LTTE mortar fire targeting SFs in the Kayamodai Wanni area of Vavuniya
district.
Two more SF personnel were killed
and two others received injuries when the LTTE militants fired artillery
and mortars towards the troops in the Omanthai area of Vavuniya
district. Troops retaliated and neutralized the attack.
The SFs eliminated two militants
and wounded two others during confrontation with the LTTE militants
in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district.
Two more LTTE militants were killed
as the troops confronted with militants in the Nedunkandal area
of Mannar district.
One more LTTE militant was killed
by the troops in the Navakkulam area of Vavuniya district.
One soldier received injuries in
an LTTE mortar fire in the same Periyamadu area of Vavuniya district.
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June 16: A suspected LTTE suicide
bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in front of a Police building
in Vavuniya, killing 12 police personnel, including three female
Police officers and wounding 23 others, the military said,. The
suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the SSP office complex
in Vavuniya targeting the Police personnel leaving the SSP office
for their duties at around 7:10am (SLST).
The Canadian Cabinet has outlawed
the Toronto-based front organization of the LTTE, the WTM, under
the Anti-Terrorism Act. "The Anti-Terrorism Act, passed in the wake
of the 9/11 attacks, allows federal Cabinet to prepare a list of
‘entities’ whose activities are proscribed by Canadian law due to
their involvement in terrorist violence," the report added. The
directive issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial
Institutions advised banks and insurance companies to notify the
Royal Canadian Mountain Police or Canadian Security Intelligence
Service if they held any accounts linked to the WTM.
At least eight LTTE militants were
killed and more than 10 others injured when clashes erupted between
the two sides in the Echchalarakkai, Vannakulam, Pandiyankulam Periyamadu,
Mullikkandy, Parappakandal, Palamoddai and south of Kovitkuchchikulam
areas in Vavuniya district. Four soldiers were also injured in these
confrontations.
Three LTTE militants were killed
and at least 24 others injured by the troops during confrontations
in the areas north of Janakapura and north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya
district. One soldier was also killed while three others got injured
in the LTTE mortar fire.
The troops killed two LTTE militants
and injured two others during separate clashes in the Muhamalai,
Kilaly and Nagarkovil areas of Jaffna district. Three soldiers sustained
injuries due to the LTTE mortar fire.
One female LTTE militant was killed
in confrontations with the troops in the Kovitkuchchikulam area
of Vavuniya district. Troops later recovered the slain militant’s
dead body along with one T-56 weapon.
One soldier was injured after LTTE
cadres opened fire at Akkaraipattu in the Ampara district.
An LTTE bunker was neutralised by
the troops in the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district.
During subsequent search operation, the troops recovered two T-56
magazines and 1500 rounds of ammunition.
During another search operation
in the Periyamadduwana area of Batticaloa district the troops recovered
six hand grenades.
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June 15: At least 17 LTTE militants
were killed and more than 15 others injured by the SFs as confrontations
occurred between the sides in the Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa, Ranabapura
and Kokkutoduvai areas of Vavuniya district. Three SF personnel
were killed while four others sustained injuries during the clashes.
The SFs also recovered one hand grenade from the area north of Kiriibbanwewa.
Six more LTTE militants were killed
in clashes with the troops in the Navathkulama, north of Periyamadu
and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya and Mannar districts. One soldier
was killed while four others were injured in LTTE fire.
The troops confronted with a group
of LTTE militants and killed five of them in the Palamoddai area
of Vavuniya district. One soldier was injured in action.
Three LTTE militants were eliminated
by the SFs during two separate confrontations in the Kovitkanchikulam
area of Vavuniya district. The SFs later recovered the dead bodies
of the three slain militants along with two T-56 weapons.
One soldier was killed and eight
others received injuries in two separate clashes with the LTTE militants
in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district.
Troops neutralised an LTTE bunker
in the Kovitkanchikulam area of Vavuniya district and injured at
least four militants. One soldier was also injured in the incident.
One soldier received injuries in
an LTTE gunfire in the Kovitkanchikulam area of Vavuniya district.
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June 14: At least eight LTTE militants
were killed and eight others injured as the troops in a fierce offensive
operation captured a strategically important LTTE-held area in the
Mannar district and brought the whole tank area under their control,
the military said. Seven soldiers got injured in the confrontations.
Capture of the entire perimeter of this strategically important
tank area is a major setback to the LTTE, defence officials said.
The troops confronted with the LTTE
militants in the Komankulam, Mundipurippu, Keevelikulam, Minukkal,
Nedunkandal and Irathawelliyakulam areas of Vavuniya and Mannar
districts and killed four militants while injured four others. Two
soldiers were also killed and five others received injuries during
the clashes.
During separate confrontations between
the two sides in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa, Palaiya and Andankulam
areas of Vavuniya district, the security forces neutralized one
LTTE bunker killing two militants and injuring 18 others. One soldier
also got wounded in LTTE fire.
Three militants were reported injured
as the troops attacked LTTE camps ahead of Nagarkovil, Kilaly and
Muhamalai FDLs in the Jaffna district. Three soldiers also sustained
injuries in the incident.
The SFs recovered four hand grenades,
two RPG chargers, one 60-mm mortar charger, a pistol pouch, 267
T-56 live rounds, 25 9-mm pistol rounds and a 25 meters wire roll
concealed under a tree at Kalikovilkulam in the Udappuwa area of
Puttalam district.
The troops on search and clear operations
in the Pangasgodalla Watta north area of Trincomalee district recovered
a Multi Purpose Machine Gun.
Six LTTE suspects, including a female,
was arrested by a special Police investigation team during an anti-terrorist
raid conducted in Wattala area, a suburb of Colombo. The investigation
team has also found C-4 high explosives weighing around 2.7kg in
the possession of the suspects at the time of arrest. According
Police spokesperson, Ranjith Gunasekara, Police is conducting further
investigations.
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June 13: At least seven LTTE militants
and four soldiers were killed during confrontations that erupted
in the north of Janakapura, Kokkuthuduvai and Kiriibbanwewa areas
of Vavuniya district. At least 15 militants and five soldiers were
injured during these confrontations.
During another confrontation between
the two sides in the Periyamandankulam, Palampiddi, Kovitakunchu,
Nedunkandal, Alankulam and Vaddakkandal areas of Vavuniya and Mannar
districts the troops killed five militants while injured eight others.
Three soldiers were also reported killed and four others got injured.
500 T-56 ammunitions were recovered by the troops in the Palampiddi
area.
Suspected LTTE militants shot dead
two Tamil prisoners who were being taken to the courts in Jaffna,
the military said. Another prisoner sustained injuries in the incident.
Sources said an armed group of three to four militants came in a
van and stopped the Prison Department bus carrying the prisoners
and shot at the prisoners using micro pistols. Police said the bus
was travelling from Chunnakam to Point Pedro when the militants
had stopped the vehicle at the old rail crossing at Chunnkam. The
assailants had dropped a leaflet at the location with the message,
"Death to those who betray the Tigers," Police added. The van was
later found abandoned at a nearby location.
The LTTE militants shot dead two
soldiers at Parayanakulam in the Vavuniya district. The incident
took place around 12.50pm (SLST) when the two soldiers were on duty
at a picket point on the Parayanakulam- Madavachchiya road.
The SFs confronted with a group
of LTTE militants and injured two of them in the Nagarkovil area
of Jaffna district. One soldier also sustained injuries in the LTTE
fire.
35 gelignite sticks being transported
in a lorry was seized by the Police personal at the Madavachchiya
roadblock in Anuradhapura district. Two suspects aboard the vehicle,
travelling from Colombo to an undisclosed destination, were also
arrested.
The mastermind behind the international
credit card fraud for funding the LTTE has been arrested by the
STF while conducting a search operation in the Wellawatta area of
Colombo. The suspect, Anandan alias Neshanadan Muruganandan, was
in a super luxury apartment in Wellawatta at the time he was arrested
by the special Police team. He had a large number of Personal Identification
Numbers (PIN) and bank receipts issued by both local and foreign
banks, amounting to over SLR 100 million, in his possession. He
had cloned credit cards using PIN and card numbers obtained from
unsuspecting cards holders in the United Kingdom. These funds were
later transferred to the LTTE. British Police conducted several
raids which proved that the cloned cards were being used in Sri
Lanka to draw funds.
The LTTE had released 27 more child
soldiers, and contested a United Nations estimate that over 1,000
child soldiers were still in their ranks. The outfit said that they
were also working to discharge 30 or so children who are still with
them.
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June 12: The SFs killed five LTTE
militants and injured six others during separate encounters in the
Janakapura and Andankulam areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier
was also killed while six others received injuries during the clashes.
At Kiraddikulam in Vavuniya district,
the SFs confronted a group of LTTE militants and killed three of
them on the spot. Two more militants and one soldier received injuries
in the incident.
During another confrontation between
the two sides, the SFs killed two LTTE militants and wounded at
least five others in the Echchalarakkai area of Vavuniya district.
One soldier was killed during a
confrontation with the LTTE militants in the Murikkandal area of
Mannar district.
The SFs arrested and subsequently
killed an LTTE militant, who attempted to lob hand grenades towards
them, at Kanniya in the Trincomalee district. The militant was reportedly
carrying one-kg of C-4 explosives, two hand grenades and a two-meter
long detonator cord.
Secretary General of the SCOPP,
