COLOMBO: SRI LANKA ARMY Monday (18) afternoon at 1400 hrs announced that the entire PUTHUMATTALAN area has now been brought under Army control bringing the entire country free from LTTE’s terrorism.
Over 250 corpses of Tiger terrorists scattered in the entire area have been so far recovered and subjected to identification at the time this report was filed. It is believed all the remaining terrorist leaders including top Tiger (LTTE) leaders were among those feared killed.