MULLAITTIVU: LTTE terrorists who continue to occupy “No Fire Zone” keeping entrapped civilians as hostages directed a sniper gunfire towards troops this morning around 9.00 a.m. killing one soldiers on duty at a distant defensive position in the general area of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU.
In the meantime, LTTE also directed artillery gunfire on troops in the general area of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU this morning (13) injuring one more soldier.
Those are the latest acts of terror conducted by LTTE hours after His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa offered a humanitarian pause for the ongoing counter terrorists operations.
His Excellency the President has directed the Armed Forces of the state to restrict their operations during the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year to those of defensive nature.
However, hours after declaring the humanitarian pause terrorists Sunday (12) evening stormed into a remote village at BUTTALA and massacred nine innocent civilians including an infant.
