Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
Seven Mine Detecting Dogs (MDD) and eleven Army personnel trained as Dog Handlers received their graduation recently at Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering (SLSME) in Thunkama, Embilipitiya at a colourful ceremony, graced by a top-ranking US delegation.
Five Officers and seventy six soldiers after an intensive training spanned over three months completed the sixth Special Infantry Operational Course (SIOC) at Jaffna and passed out recently at a ceremony held in Vasavillan Teachers\' College Grounds.
AMPARA: A GROUP OF THREE LTTE TIGER TERRORISTS consisting of a female dressed in black and armed with knives and clubs broke into a house in NUGALANADA, BAKKIELA on Thursday(15) at about 7.15 p.m. occupied by a family of three including a child one and half years old. They cut KARUNASENA (46 years) the father who was sleeping while the LTTE female Tiger Terrorist grabbed the child who was being breast fed and fled with the child. It is the factice of the Tamil tiger terrorists to initiate their recruits into killing innocents by first training them to use swards, knives, kathis and sharp instrument to make them ruthless, blood thirsty killers. The cries raised by the mother alerted the home guards. A search party found the child abandoned with wounds on the neck. SLMM was to be informed
KIRAN: A GROUP OF LTTE ARMED PERSONS abducted EIGHT youth from their homes in the KIRAN area at about 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday (14). The incident was reported to the ERAVUR police by the parents of three of the abducted youth. SLMM was to be informed.
As normalcy inched its way through the catastrophic floods that devastated thousands of homes and claimed hundreds of innocent lives in recent times, hundreds of Army troops deployed to coordinate, assist and implement urgent rescue and relief measures began to phase out on Tuesday (17) after successfully carrying out responsibilities, entrusted to them subsequent to a request made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe.
Ability and readiness of Sri Lankan Army soldiers to take up challenges even during the peacetime was amply witnessed when Army and Police athletic teams met at the second Army Police Duel Athletic Meet at the Sugathadasa Stadium today (17 July 2004).
PUTTALAM: ON DETECTION OF A suspicious boat movement at the THALAVILA coastal line yesterday (17) around 5.00 p.m. KALPITIYA Police with the assistance of the local civilians arrested an unidentified person on board a Fiber Glass Dingy (FGD) who was later identified as a member of scattered Tamil Tiger Terrorist group that carried a futile mission in the morning. The Tamil Tiger terrorist who was arrested after the information given by civilian in the general area kept under the custody of KALPITIYA Police for further interrogation. The SLMM was informed. Police commenced investigations.
PAMUNUGAMA, WATTALA: PAMUNUGAMA POLICE have recovered one more powerful bomb from the SETHTHUPADUWA beach, PAMUNUGAMA similar to the previous two bombs recovered from VENNAPPUWA costal area which was abandoned by LTTE terrorists after their futile mission yesterday (17) around 6.00 p.m. The bomb which was carrying a large quantity of explosive was another latest Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) of LTTE that could detonate under any weather condition defused by the Bomb Disposal Team of the Air Force. Similarly Police with the assistance of Security Forces commenced a clearing operation in search of more other war like items believed to be abandoned by LTTE terrorists in the area.
MANNAR: THE POLICE POST at PESALAI and TALAIMANNAR Navy detachment came under LTTE attack from land and sea around 6.55 a.m. on 17 June 2006. LTTE had launched twelve (12) boats to carry out this attack and the Navy had been able to destroy eight (8) boats while damaging another three (3) which resulted in killing at least thirty (30) LTTE sea tigers. Six Navy personnel have been killed and another three suffered injuries during the confrontation while two Navy boats too were damaged. The LTTE terrorists continued their practice of targeting innocent civilians when they fire and injured civilians who took shelter at the PESALAI Church. The Army artillery fire and MI-24 Gun ships of the Air Force assisted in countering the failed LTTE attack. Situation has been totally brought controlled by the Security Forces.
NEGAMBO: CIVILIANS HAVE OBSERVED TWO SUSPECTED persons in the PAMUNUGAMA beach area around 5.30 a.m. on 17 June 2006 had followed them along the beach. On detection of the presence of the civilians one suspected person has swallowed cyanide and had collapsed on the beach while an explosion had taken place in the sea. The civilians have informed this to the Police immediately while the second person also had swallowed cyanide. Meanwhile another explosion had also taken place about 50 m north of the initial explosion where the civilians had observed a person suddenly fleeing the scene and Police with the assistance of the civilians arrested the suspect. Inquiries into the incident reveals that the LTTE terrorists had been trying to carry out a suicide mission but failed due to the vigilance of civilians in the area. It is believed that seven (7) diving equipments have been used for this futile mission where three such had been recovered and the Army Bomb Disposal Team also arrived at the location. The two terrorists who had swallowed cyanide had been admitted to the hospital. The Security Forces and Police are conducting search operations in the area with the assistance of the civilians.