Arrested Kalpity fishermen to appear in Mannar Court

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 October 2006, 00:02 GMT]
Thirty one Kalpity fishermen who were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) based in Talaimannar on September 21 for allegedly entering the high security zone in six trawlers were ordered remand and by the Mannar additional magistrate T.J.Pirapaharan, and are to appear in court Tuesday , legal sources said.
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Skeleton of male person recovered from Thalvupadu sea shore

[TamilNet, Monday, 02 October 2006, 12:31 GMT]
A human skeleton recovered from Thalvupadu sea shore in Mannar district Sunday evening was handed over to the Mannar general hospital by the Mannar Police. On a tip off from members of the public the Mannar Police rushed to the coast and recovered the skeleton said to be of a male person.
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Trader shot and injured in Mannar

[TamilNet, Monday, 02 October 2006, 04:33 GMT]
Unidentified armed persons shot and injured a trader at Vayal Road in Mannar, around 8:25 p.m., Sunday. He was first admitted to Mannar general hospital and later transferred to Anuradhapura hospital as his condition was reported critical, sources said.
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Medicines to LTTE areas in Mannar reach through Uyilankulam

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:24 GMT]
A consignment of drugs and other medical items allocated for the third quarter of the year to government dispensaries and hospitals in the villages held by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Mannar district was dispatched Friday around noon in two lorries through Uyilankulam checkpoint of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources said.
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SLN arrests fleeing Trinco Tamils in Mannar Sea

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:06 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Wednesday night captured two fishing boats in Talaimannar Sea ferrying 31 Tamil civilians, all are residents of Trincomalee. The civilians and the four boatmen were produced in Mannar magistrate's court Friday morning by the Talaimannar Police.
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SLN arrests youth with welding sticks in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 18:59 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Sunday night arrested a Tamil youth on a charge of allegedly transporting a consignment of welding sticks to Vidathaltivu in LTTE controlled territory in Mannar district. Twenty two boxes of welding sticks were also recovered by the SLN when they were on patrol duty along Pallimunai coast.
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More civilians cross Mannar sea to reach Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 18:48 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) arrested a group of 49 Jaffna residents for crossing Mannar sea illegally in 7 hired boats to reach Delft islet Tueesday, sources in Jaffna said. The Delft police produced the arrested before Kayts Acting Magistrate Mr. R. K. Vignarajah on Tuesday where the magistrate ordered the 14 boat operators from Mannar to be held in remand prison until October 10. The passengers were taken to the Jaffna Central bus stand and allowed to their villages, said legal sources in Jaffna.
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Kifir jets attack LTTE held village in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 12:14 GMT]
Two Kifir jets of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m. carried out aerial bombing on the village Vellankulam in the LTTE controlled territory in the Mannar district. Vellankulam is located about 33 km off north of Mannar town, civil sources said.
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SLAF airman killed in Claymore ambush in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 07:23 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airman wounded in a Claymore ambush at Poovarasankulam, 16 km west of Mannar, around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, succumbed to his wounds. Two fellow wounded airmen were transferred to Anuradhapura hospital. Sri Lankan forces in the area opened fire after the Claymore explosion, residents said.
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37 Trinco Tamil civilians arrested along Mannar coast

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 21:16 GMT]
Thirty seven members of seven Tamil families were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Sunday morning when they were waiting for a boat along the coast of Talaimannar in Mannar district to flee to South India to seek refugee. All of them have been residents of Trincomalee. After preliminary investigation the SLN authorities handed them to Talaimannar Police for further action.
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Uyilankulam checkpoint opened for six hours Monday

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 21:11 GMT]
The Uyilankulam entry point to Liberation Tigers held areas in the Mannar district was opened Monday for about six hours by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) with the facilitation of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) enabling civilians to travel to and from government and LTTE controlled territories.
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15-year-old girl student reported missing in Mannar

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 13:06 GMT]
Fifteen year-old girl student Sobitha Jeganathan of Chettikulam-Mudaliyarkulam in Vavuniya district has been reported missing since 20th September. She had been staying in Murunkan Carmel Convent and studying in a school located in the area, according to a complaint lodged with the Murunkan Police in Mannar district by the convent authorities. Another young woman, 19-year-old, was also reported missing in Mannar, a few days ago.
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Stranded Jaffna residents provided transport from Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 08:05 GMT]
Nearly half of the two thousand stranded Jaffna residents in Vavuniya were taken in buses to Trincomalee harbour and from there they will taken in a ship to Jaffna, said Ms. Charles, Additional Government Agent (GA) Vavuniya Sunday evening, briefing the press at the Vavuniya Government Secretariat. Transport arrangements to the remaining will also be made soon, she added.
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Teenage woman reported missing in Mannar

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 September 2006, 16:26 GMT]
A 19-year-old woman who went to Mannar town for medical treatment from Muthalaikutti village in Uyilankulam, has been reported missing since noon 19 September, according to a complaint lodged by the girl's family at Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission in Mannar.
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SLN arrests 4 Mannar boat operators

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 September 2006, 16:18 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) arrested and handed over the Delft police four Mannar boat operators for bringing 52 civilians from Mannar to Delft island illegally by boat, police sources said. The four fishermen were produced Sunday before Kayts Magistrate Mr R.T. Wignarajah who directed the police to place the fishermen in remand until 5th October, legal sources in Jaffna said.
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Youth shot in Mannar, Uyilankulam

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 September 2006, 15:37 GMT]
Two gunmen riding a motorbike shot and seriously wounded a 19-year-old youth in front of St. Peters Church in Uyilankulam, 14 km southeast of Mannar town, Sunday around 8:30 a.m. The youth, with three gunshot wounds, was rushed to hospital in a serious state, Police said.
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India-bound refugees detained

[TamilNet, Friday, 22 September 2006, 17:36 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) detained three boats with 40 Tamil civilians, including women and children, in Mannar sea, while fleeing to Tamilnadu in South India, Thursday evening. Navy fired warning shots to stop the boats when the boatmen failed to obey the orders of the SLN patrol craft.
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SLN arrests Trinco Tamil civilians in Mannar coast

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:23 GMT]
34 Tamil civilians, all are residents of coastal villages in Trincomalee district waiting for a boat in the Mannar coast to flee to South India to seek refuge were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Wednesday evening. Later they were handed over to the Talaimannar Police.
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More civilians brave Mannar seas to reach Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 September 2006, 07:19 GMT]
A group of 33 civilians of the many stranded people in Vavuniya by the shutting of A9 road to Jaffna, reached the Jaffna islet of Delft in three hired boats from Thalai Mannar Wednesday evening, Police sources in Kayts said. A group of 13 civilians arrived at Delft earlier in the week in a hired boat from Thalai Mannar risking their lives on the seas. More than 3500 civilians from Jaffna are stranded in Vavuniya and elsewhere following the closure of the A9 Road to Jaffna.
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SLA imposes conditions for resettling IDPs in Mannar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 September 2006, 06:03 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has imposed restrictions for internally displaced families (IDP) to return to their homes located close to the Mannar public playground. SLA camp is located in the Mannar public playground. At a conference held in the Mannar district secretariat Wednesday with V.Visuvalingam, Government Agent in the chair, army officials present announced the conditions to be met by IDPs to return to their homes and to avoid any retaliation from the SLA in the event of attack on them, civil sources said.
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