Flash !
MULLAITTIVU: ADDING ONE more significant dimension to the final knockout blow against Tiger terrorists, Army troops this morning (17) tactfully scurried past a pocket of remaining Tigers in one corner of VELLAMULIVAIKKAL area, and rescued seven valiant service personnel who had been held in LTTE captivity for a long time.
Three Army soldiers and four Navy personnel, detained and inhumanly treated by Tigers received a surprising shock when the Army troops swooped on the LTTE detention house and rescued them before they were butchered.
Lance Corporal THENNAKOON of 1st Vijayaba Regiment (VIR), Lance Corporal WEERASINGHA of 4th Gemunu Watch (GW) and Private RANASINGHE of 6th Sinha Regiment (SR) of Sri Lanka Army and Leading Mechanical Engineer (LME), P.K.I. PITIYAKUMBURA, Leading Seaman (S/L) G.H.C.K.HEWAGE, Able Body Seaman (A/B) K.M.K.H.KUMARASIRI and Recruit M.G.A.P.BAMBARADENIYA of Sri Lanka Navy finally saw their emancipation following the Army’s rescue operation.
Sailors P.K.I. PITIYAKUMBURA, G.H.C.K.HEWAGE, K.M.K.H.KUMARASIRI, and M.G.A.P.BAMBARADENIYA had fallen into LTTE hands after Sea Tigers rammed two Navy Dvoras ( P-461 & P-416) serving POINT PEDRO seas on 9th November 2006. Observations later said Tiger terrorists had captured those sailors alive and reportedly taken away but no confirmed reports reached the authorities.
One of the rescued Army soldiers has been captured alive by terrorists in MUHAMALAI following clashes that took place in the early stage of the WANNI operations.
