MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS on the last leg of the final battle to rescue remaining trapped civilians took a precise target at about 9.00 am this morning (24) when they found two terrorists in the ‘No Fire Zone’ were hurriedly pursuing a group of fleeing trapped civilians in the general area between VELAYANMADAM and AMPELVANPOKKANAI .
Troops closing in on VELAYANMADAM in the past 36 hours found remaining civilians, now largely fleeing in small numbers through whatever the opening available around them, were being closely and furiously followed by desperate Tigers in disarray in the NFZ, in some instances even creeping into vacated or occupied tents, meant for entrapped civilians inside the NFZ.
From a distance, troops saw two such terrorists brandishing their guns were trying to catch hold of those defying civilians. Troops jumped into action and gunned them down immediately. They were two women Tigers who had apparently been operating from the inside of the civilian tents.
