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2ND LEAD (CORRECTION, UPDATE)
STF shoots dead 3 TMVP deserters in Batticaloa[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 17:13 GMT]Special Task Force (STF) commandos shot and killed three Tamil youths in a joint cordon and search operation Tuesday around 5:00 p.m in Karaveddi area in Batticaloa police division. The youths are said to be a group TMVP deserters, who escaped from from Mangkikkaddu TMVP camp which was attacked by the Tigers two weeks ago. The STF launched a cordon and search operation following the arrest of a person with gun shot wounds Tuesday around 3:30 p.m Tuesday, the sources added. STF claimed that the killed youths were members of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The bodies of the the youths remain unidentified in Batticaloa Teaching Hospital mortuary. Chronology: 30.11.08 Tamil farmer shot dead in Batticaloa
27.11.08 Saiva priest shot dead in Batticaloa
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