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THEY CONTINUE TO STREAM FROM NFZ; 103,143 ESCAPED IN THE PAST 90 HOURS

MULLAITTIVU: More and more fleeing civilians from the ‘No Fire Zone’ in PUTHUMATTALAN, irrespective of Tiger threats or day and night risks, continues to stream across  into troop-held areas as this report went to printing.

     By Thursday (23) morning, the total number of affected civilians that had escaped the LTTE grip in the past four days, beginning Monday (20) early morning rose to 103,143. 

     With the 72,571 civilians who have exited and re-located elsewhere in cleared areas before 20th instant,  the grand  total as of Thursday (23) mid-noon reached 175,714.

     An SMS media report just released said quoting the surrendered LTTE’s DAYA MASTER that only some 10,000- 15,000 civilians are still remaining in the NFZ.