SLA informant shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 18:36 GMT]
Vijayarajah, 53, from Araly North near Vaddukoddai, alleged to be an informant of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), was shot dead by unidentified gunmen close to the Mawaththai playgrounds in Araly, Thursday at 5:30 p.m., sources from Jaffna said.
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Clash erupts in northern waters off KKS

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 17:39 GMT]
A sea fight was reported in the seas east of Kankesanthuari Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base around 10:15 p.m. Friday. The clash, which started in an area between Valalai and Thondamanaru, went on for 30 minutes, paused for a short period, and re-started again, residents along the coastal areas in Vadamaradchi said. At least two boats were seen burning.
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SLA soldiers shoot dead Tamil civilian at Sambaltivu checkpost

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 15:53 GMT]
A Tamil civilian was shot dead by soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) manning a checkpoint at Sambaltivu junction about five km off north of Trincomalee town Friday 3:00 p.m., security sources said. The body was brought to the Trincomalee general hospital and is yet to be identified, hospital sources said.
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Two SLA troopers injured in Alaveddy attack

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 14:22 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers were seriously injured when they came under fire from unknown gunmen in front of the Soosaiyappar Church in Alaveddy, Valigamam Jaffna district at 1:30 p.m. Friday, sources in Jaffna said. The troopers were carrying food parcels in bicycles for other soldiers engaged in security duty when they were attacked. The troopers returned fire and the firefight lasted for more than 10 minutes before the attackers escaped from the site, sources said.
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Daughter shot dead, father seriously injured in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 09:34 GMT]
Suspected Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and EPDP paramilitaries shot and killed Jaffna resident Ms Sathasivam Mathuri, 32, and seriously injured her father Kasipillai Sathasivam, 75, Thursday midnight at 12:17 a.m. at their home in Athiyadi New road, in Athiyady, located 2 km northeast of Jaffna Town, residents said. Sathasivam is the father of a senior Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander Archuna, who died in mid 80's in Mannar, and Mathuri is his sister.
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SL Navy intelligence officer, gunman killed in Mannar

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 06:18 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Navy Intelligence officer was shot and killed when he was shopping at the bazaar in Mannar around 10:00 a.m., Friday. Sri Lankan troopers who surrounded the area shot the gunman who gunned down the intelligence officer, Police said.
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SLA sentry in Mannar attacked, soldier wounded

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2006, 06:13 GMT]
Unidentified men lobbed a grenade at an army sentry located near the office of the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) Friday early morning around 5.45 a.m. A soldier, M.Surasena,46, was injured in the attack, police sources said.
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Civilian shot, injured in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 June 2006, 16:07 GMT]
Unknown gunmen shot and seriously injured a civilian in Navaly North, Aanaikottai area in Valigamam, Jaffna district at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, civil sources in Jaffna said. The gunmen requested Ilayathamby Vanniyasingam, 46, to come out of his house and fired at him at close range, sources added.
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US paper advocates "loose Confederation" for Sri Lanka

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 June 2006, 10:45 GMT]
"The international community should press the Sri Lankan government and the Tigers alike to come to the negotiating table in Oslo and work out a loose confederation that retains Sri Lanka's unity, grants the Tamil northeast self-governing autonomy, and puts an end to the island's long agony," said Boston Globe in an editorial that appeared in its Thursday edition.
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Rationale for LTTE olive branch missed - paper

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 June 2006, 10:07 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers’ extension of an olive branch to India has, amid the ensuing media frenzy, been widely misunderstood, the Tamil Guardian newspaper said in its editorial this week. Pointing out that amid rising violence against Tamil civilians, “twenty years [after first doing so], India is again intervening to protect the Tamils from the Sri Lankan state,” the paper said: “securing the island’s Tamils and ensuring their rights are restored and safeguarded is a goal behind which both the LTTE and India are separately, but simultaneously, once again aligned.”
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Jewellery shop owner missing after SLA detention

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 June 2006, 08:06 GMT]
Kanesan Sivanesan, 36, the proprietor of a well known Jewellery store in Inuvil disappeared following interrogation by the SLA on 28 May and since has disappeared. Relatives say, an anonymous phone caller informed the family that they were holding Sivanesan and demanded Rs.500, 000 for his release, raising the spectre of SLA complicity in a ransom racket.
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SLA soldier shot, injured in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 17:00 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot and injured a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier in Saththukondan, Batticaloa-Trincomalee road at 7:40 a.m., Wednesday near the Saththurukundan SLA camp, security sources said.
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SLA cordons off, searches large areas in Vadamaradchy

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 16:00 GMT]
Several towns and villages along the Point Pedro - Chavakachcheri road, and Point Pedro- Kodikamam road were cordoned off and searched from 5:00 a.m. Wednesday until noon, residents of the area said. Manthikai, Yaakaru, and Thunnalai up to Mulli were affected by the search operation. Vehicular traffic was blocked from these areas throughout the morning, sources said.
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160 disappear after SLA arrests in Jaffna- SLHRC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 09:30 GMT]
The number of civilian disappearances after detention by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the Jaffna Peninsula since December has exceeded 160, the Jaffna office of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) said Tuesday. Numbers have steadily increased after the stepping up of search operations by the SLA, HRC officials added.
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3 Tamil youths shot dead in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 09:28 GMT]
Unknown gunmen who arrived in motorbikes, shot and killed 3 youths, using military-type 9mm pistols, on their way home in Mylambaveli, 7 km, north of Batticaloa town, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., said Eravur police. The killings took place 250 meters from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp at Mylambaveli on the Batticaloa-Trincomalee road.


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General shut down paralyzes Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 09:11 GMT]
The normal life in the Trincomalee town was completely disrupted following a general shut down observed Wednesday in response to an appeal by the Trincomalee District Tamil Resurgence Forum condemning the terror unleashed by the State armed forces on the innocent Tamil civilians in the North East and the militarization of the Trincomalee district civil administration by appointing retired army and navy personnel for the key civil posts such as the Governor of the North East Provincial Council and the District Government Agent, sources said.
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Protect witnesses in Trinco killings, Rights Group tells Colombo

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 01:28 GMT]
“Dr. Manoharan has courageously come forward to testify about the brutal killings of these five young men [in Trincomalee]...The Sri Lankan government should show a fraction of his courage and take urgent measures to control its security forces and protect the doctor and other witnesses who may wish to testify,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a media release issued by the New York based Rights Group Tuesday, one day before Trincomalee court will hear eyewitness testimony against a dozen security force personnel implicated in the case.
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SLA informant shot dead in Point Pedro

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 17:55 GMT]
A youth from Singainagar in Vallipuram in Vadamaradchy, alleged to be an informant to the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), was shot dead when he was on his way towards Manthikai along Jaffna - Point Pedro road at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, sources in Point Pedro said.
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LTTE cadre killed in clash with SL DPU team

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 10:32 GMT]
A cadre of a search party of LTTE fighters, who went in search of Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) attackers who had moved into the LTTE controlled territory in Kirimichchai area in Vaharai region of Batticaloa district, was gunned down by DPU gunmen, Tuesday around 6:00 a.m., according to the Political Section of the Tigers in Batticaloa.
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Four Tamil civilians reported missing in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 09:10 GMT]
Three Tamil farmers of Bharathipuram in Killiveddy village located in the government controlled Serunuwara police division in Trincomalee district have been reported missing since Monday morning around ten a.m. after they went to Aathiamankerni area in search of their cattle. Another Tamil civilian was reported missing in Periyakulam in the government controlled Kuchchaveli Police division since June 25 after he went to the nearby jungle to bring firewood.
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