News Archive

More Civilians Brought for Treatment as Hundreds Flee

MULLAITTIVU: ONE more batch of four hundred and sixty-six civilians including the injured, feeble adults and patients were ferried to PULMODDAI on Friday (17) late evening on the “Green Ocean” vessel, operated by the ICRC in coordination with government authorities. Meanwhile, one hundred and thirty more people from the “No Fire Zone” escaped LTTE grip and reached north of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU safely for their lives Friday (17) evening. The group included thirty-two men, thirty-eight women and sixty children.
Commander Evaluates the Ground Situation

COMMANDER of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, along with a few senior officers of the Army Headquarters, flew to Vavuniya to review the status quo in the ongoing operations against terrorists. Army Commander after being received by Commander Security Forces Headquarters Wanni (SFHQ-W) Major General Jagath Jayasuriya, was conducted to the SFHQ auditorium where he met senior ground Commanders and discussed the present security situation in remaining Tiger controlled areas....
Record 2838 Civilians Escape into Government Held Area

MULLAITTIVU: A RECORD two thousand eight hundred and thirty eight besieged civilians in the PUTHUMATHALAN “No Fire Zone” exited from the grip of LTTE terrorism and escaped into troop-held areas in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU Saturday (18) by about 7.30 in the evening as this report was pasted. Ground troops in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU confirmed a huge exodus of people is on the way as the day was coming to an end on Saturday (18)....
Over Three Thousand IDPs Enter Cleared Areas

MULLAITTIVU: TOTAL number of IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) reached the cleared areas north of PUTHUMATTALAN Saturday (18) rose to three thousand two hundred and eighteen by evening.
Three Tiger Infiltrators Shot Dead

VAVUNIYA: THREE LTTE terrorists who had infiltrated the area west of OMANTHAI were shot dead by the alert troops serving in the area Sunday morning (19) around 6.00 a.m. Later troops recovered the three LTTE dead bodies, two T-56 weapons, one I-com set, three T-56 magazines, three hundred and forty-two rounds of T-56 ammunition, forty-two Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunitions, six hand grenades, two silver compass, one laser range finder, one Global Processing System (GPS), two cyanide capsules, one VAVUNIYA colour maps and two LTTE packs from the area.
LTTE's 152 mm Artillery Gun Found

MULLAITTIVU: CONTINUOUS search operations being conducted in the general area of VISUAMADU recovered many LTTE items in the recent past. During the latest search operations in the north of VISUAMADU on Sunday (19) troops found a 152 mm artillery gun. At the time of recovery, it has been slightly damaged due to attacks launched by the troops during previous confrontations.
Record 5000 Civilians Escape into Government Held Area

MULLAITTIVU: A RECORD five thousand besieged civilians in the PUTHUMATHALAN “No Fire Zone” exited from the grip of LTTE terrorism and escaped into troop-held areas in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU early this morning (20) as this report was pasted. Ground troops in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU confirmed a huge exodus of people was still on the way. Most of them made their way across the lagoon area.
TIGERS FIRE ARTILLERY AGAINST FLEEING CIVILIANS

MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS entered the “No Fire Zone” after destroying the LTTE built earth bund with a view to preventing the civilian exodus into cleared areas and it enabled more than five thousand trapped civilians to show up at PUTHUKUDIRIPPU early this morning (20). As the rescue operation continued piercing the earth bund, Tiger terrorists as usual started firing artillery and mortars from the inside of the “No Fire Zone” towards the fleeing civilians.
Many More LTTE Arms & Ammo Collected

MALLAITTIVU & KILINOCHCHI: ARMY troops continued their search and clear operations in the newly captured areas on Sunday (19). During those search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, SINNAVILLU, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU East and MUDALYARKULAM, troops recovered seventy-eight hand grenades, fourteen T-56 weapons, six T-56 magazines, four thousand seven hundred and fifty rounds of T-56 ammunition, five thousand rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, sixteen 60 mm mortar bombs, one trapped gun, one shot gun,.....
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS DAWNED; 19,000 TRAPPED CIVILIANS BRAVE TO ENTER TROOP-HELD AREAS

MULLATTIVU: AT least seventeen trapped civilians in the PUTHUMATHALAN “No Fire Zone” (NFZ) were killed and over two hundred injured when three LTTE suicide bombers rammed into civilian gatherings and blew themselves up inside the NFZ Monday (20) between 9.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Tiger terrorists turned awfully wild and hysterical by Monday (20) early hours as the numbers of civilians deserting them and entering cleared areas swelled almost hour by hour beginning the wee small hours on Monday (20) while bringing the total number that has so far reported to the cleared areas rose to almost 19,000.