Three Tamil auxilliaries wounded in DPU Claymore attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 08:13 GMT]
Three members of Tamileelam auxilliary forces who were patrolling in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Semamadu in Vavuniya district, were wounded in a Claymore blast carried out by the Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army, Tamileelam Police sources in Kilinochchi said. The Claymore attack was reported at 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
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LTTE cadre killed in clash with SLA DPU in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 10:50 GMT]
LTTE cadres Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. thwarted an attempt by a group of soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) to enter into the LTTE held area through its forward defence line located in Eachchilampathu division, south of Trincomalee district, LTTE sources said.
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Claymore mine hits SLA convoy, 3 killed, 11 wounded

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 07:02 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army Captain, a Lieutenant and a Lance Corporal were killed and 11 other troopers wounded when a bus carrying the troopers was ambushed with a Claymore mine near Maruthanarmadam Junction, 8.5 km northeast of Jaffna town at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday. Five of the eleven SLA troopers wounded in the ambush, were in serious condition, SLA sources said. The soldiers opened fire indiscriminately for fifteen minutes and beat up the civilians in the area after the attack. Three civilians were rushed to Jaffna hospital, residents said.
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Civilian killed in blast shock, 4 SLA soldiers, 2 civilians wounded in Thenmaradchi

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 06:04 GMT]
A saloon owner standing outside his business was killed in blast shock and four Sri Lanka Army soldiers (SLA) were injured when their tractor was hit by a road side Claymore mine at Kodikamam in the Thenmaradchi sector of the Jaffna peninsula, around 9:00 a.m., Tuesday. Two SLA soldiers and a 70-years old civilian who was inside the saloon, were seriously wounded. A saloon worker was also wounded.
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One SLN soldier killed, four injured in claymore explosion in Sampaltivu

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 July 2006, 16:09 GMT]
Five soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) seriously injured when a route clearing patrol of the SLN hit a claymore mine placed along the road located near Salli Amman Temple in Sampaltivu village, about seven km off north of Trincomalee town Monday afternoon around 3.15 p.m. The area comes under the Uppuveli Police division, police said.
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SLA soldier killed in Bicycle-Claymore, 2 wounded in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 July 2006, 07:55 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier riding in bicycle Monday noon was killed when a Claymore mine attached to a parked bicycle exploaded on Vaitheewara Road in Jaffna town around 1:00 p.m. Monday. Two SLA troopers were seriously wounded, Police said. Four civilians sustained injuries, one seriously, by explosion and when the soldiers fired indiscriminately after the attack. The soldiers were on their way to supply meals to the SLA checkposts when they came under attack.
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3 SLA soldiers killed, Claymore attack, clash at FDL in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 July 2006, 13:22 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed in a Claymore attack at Kalmadu, 12 km northwest of Vavuniya town around 5:00 p.m. Thursday. One soldier was wounded and rushed to Vavuniya hospital, Police said. Meanwhile, a clash erupted at Omanthai Forward Defence Line (FDL) where one SLA soldier was killed and another trooper was wounded.
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Claymore attack in Nallur, 2 policemen killed, 5 wounded

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 09:12 GMT]
A Claymore attack on a Sri Lankan police vehicle has claimed the lives of two policemen near Chetty Street-Navalar road junction in Nallur, Jaffna around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. The attack has taken place in a highly guarded area surrounded by Sri Lanka Army camps and checkposts near Kaylasapillayar Temple, Narikkundu and Muthirai Junction, Jaffna Police said. Five policemen, wounded in the attack, were rushed to Jaffna Hospital.
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Claymore blast injures SLA soldier in Udupiddy

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 07:48 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) was injured in a claymore mine blast between Udupiddy junction and Vathiri junction in the Vadamaradchi sector of the Jaffna peninsula, around 8.40 a.m., Wednesday, military sources said.
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Captured Karuna cadre produced before SLMM

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 15:58 GMT]
"I was escorted by Karuna group cadres and about 50 Sri Lanka Army troops from Mahindapura camp to LTTE held area in Eachchilampathu. They gave me a claymore mine, a roll of wire, detonators, torchlight batteries and a grenade. I was ordered to target a LTTE vehicle. The Tigers, however, arrived at the spot before I had placed the claymore and arrested me," said Jeyachandran, a Karuna group cadre while talking to journalists at Sampoor LTTE political secretariat in the Muttur east, Tuesday. The Liberation Tigers Tuesday produced him at a discussion held between Mr.S.Elilan, LTTE Trincomalee district political head and members of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), LTTE sources said.
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Claymore blast kills SLA soldier, injures 2

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 09:12 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed and two others were injured in a claymore mine blast on Kodikamam - Pt.Pedro road in the Jaffna peninsula, around 9.30 a.m., Tuesday. The mine was sett off about 500 metres from the Kodikamam junction, targetting the troops on a road clearing operation.
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SLA commanders directed to use air-transport in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 July 2006, 19:49 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high command in Palaly military base, Jaffna district, has issued a directive to all SLA camps in Jaffna peninsula advising high level military officers to use Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopters for internal travel within the Peninsula, informed sources in Jaffna said. The directive comes in the wake of increased claymore attacks targeted on SLA vehicles, and on soldiers deployed on sentry duty and street patrols.
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Two Tamil youths shot dead in Mannar

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 July 2006, 10:56 GMT]
Two youths were shot dead by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers Monday morning in Mannar district in two separate incidents during a cordon and search operation. One body was found in a paddy field opposite the Nanattan Pradesiya Sabha (PS) office building and the other body at Rasool Puthuveli area, located one and half km off Nanattan, police sources said.
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LTTE arrests Karuna group member with claymore mine

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 July 2006, 15:44 GMT]
LTTE cadres Saturday morning around 11 a.m. arrested a cadre of Karuna paramilitary group working in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) inside the LTTE held Eachchilampathu division in Trincomalee district, LTTE sources said.
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Trinco displaced suffer discrimination in provision of relief- Elilan

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 July 2006, 11:35 GMT]
Mr.S.Elilan, Trincomalee district political head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Monday charged that the Sri Lanka Government, while rendering relief and other assistance to displaced Sinhalese families following Kebbitigollawa claymore blast, has totally ignored Tamil civilians displaced in Trincomalee town and other areas in providing basic relief supplies.
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SLA soldier killed in Vavuniya claymore explosion

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 10:34 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed in a claymore explosion in Pirappamadu area in Vavuniya at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, Vavuniya Police said. SLA soldiers were engaged in street patrol near Mahakatukodiya Road in Pirappamadu when the explosion occurred. The seriously injured soldier died on his way to the Vavuniya General Hospital, police said.
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Independent report verifies SLN complicity in Pesalai violence

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 15:44 GMT]
In a report filed by a fact finding mission from two Colombo-based NGOs to look at the Pesalai violence of 17 June 2006, the investigators said, "Although in the initial days following the attack the government laid the responsibility for the attacks at the door of the LTTE, the strong report compiled and widely disseminated by the Bishop of Mannar pointed directly to Navy involvement. None of the many we met had the slightest doubt on this issue." The report also details the background to the prevailing ground situation in Mannar, urgent efforts required to prevent escalation of tensions, and provide security to the poor fisher families in Mannar.
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Two SLA soldiers injured in Jaffna claymore attack

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 July 2006, 15:57 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier were seriously injured in a claymore explosion on Jaffna-Palaly road near Urelu junction at 6:00 p.m. Monday, security sources said. The injured soldiers have been taken to Palaly Military Hospital. The claymore mine was targeted on a SLA truck, but hit the SLA troopers following behind the truck on bicycle patrol in the area, sources said.


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SLA soldier killed, 2 wounded in Claymore attack in Vadamaradchi

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 July 2006, 12:43 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed and two were wounded in a Claymore attack that took place in Thikkam, Vadamaradchi North, around 2:40 p.m. Monday, Police said. A Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter was needed to transport the wounded soldiers to Palaly military hospital.
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2 STF personnel wounded in Claymore attack in Kaluwanchikudy

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 July 2006, 12:32 GMT]


Two elite counter-insurgency Special Task Force (STF) troopers in a road clearng patrol were wounded in a Claymore attack Monday aroud 6:45 a.m. at Puthukudiyiruppu, 10 km southeast of Batticaloa town, Kaluwanchikudy Police said.
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