Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
THE LTTE had been responsible for the killing of former STF Training Director SSP Upul Seneviratne in a claymore mine explosion in Digana according to confessions made by the four suspects held in connection with the murder.
WOMAN POLICE CONSTABLE Menaka Jayatillaka (WPC 2440) of Vavuniya Police promised her mother to come home to attend the passing out parade of her sister at the Kalutara Police Training school and to look into the balance work of their house, but her fate had decreed otherwise.
ITALIAN INVESTIGATORS who have arrested 33 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) activists said the alleged terrorists were collecting more than 3.5 million British Pounds worth of money to be deposited in Swiss Banks to bankroll a war in Sri Lanka.
POLICE have offered a Rs. 1 million reward to any person who provides information that would help them to trace a motorcycle being used by the LTTE. According to police, a Hero Honda Passion Plus 100CC blue motorcycle bearing number WPUD-2643 is believed to be used by the LTTE to carry out their activities.
Sri Lanka Air Force welcomed the new Army Commander, Lieutenant General S. H. S Kottegoda with a Guard of Honour when he paid a courtesy call on the Air force Commander, Air Vice Marshal Donald Perera this morning, July 21 at Air Force Headquarters in Colombo.
Defence Attaché for British High Commission Lieutenant Colonel Collin Martin paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General S. H. S Kottegoda on Wednesday (21) afternoon.
JAFFNA: LTTE TERRORISTS LOBBED A HAND GRENADE at the Army troops on picket duties using two children as a human shield around 2.15 p.m. at IRUPALAI Saturday (24). The intention of LTTE terrorists had been to make propaganda by exposing the children to the retaliatory fire and thereby to discredit the Government forces for killing children. Troops on identifying the cruel objective of LTTE terrorists did not retaliate at the grenade throwers. Immediate search operation launched by troops in the area arrested a suspect and handed over to the KOPAI Police. The SLMM was informed. The KOPAI Police are conducting investigations.
COLOMBO: A CLAYMORE MINE weighing about 6 kg was found from SEBESTIAN canal at BODHIRAJA MAWATHA in COLOMBO 10 Saturday (21) around 1.00 p.m..
WITH VIEW TO boosting morale of the Army troops who continue to move forward smashing LTTE strongholds in the Wanni front and to addressing the Senior Ground Commanders leading those troops from the field, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka flew to Vavuniya Saturday (21) morning.