SLA launches artillery fire on Muttur east villages

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 08:28 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has been continuing its multi-barrel artillery attacks on several villages in the Liberation Tigers held Muttur east in the Trincomalee district which began around 10.30 a.m. Thursday morning. Several houses belong to Tamil civilians in Sampoor, Kaddaiparichchan, Koonitivu, Soodaikuda and Ilankanthai have been destroyed in the artillery fire now being carried out from SLA camp located at Monkey Bridge along Trincomalee-Kandy road about 10 km off southwest of east port town, sources said.
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SLA soldier from DPU gunned down, Claymore attack averted

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 08:21 GMT]
Liberation Tigers cadres shot dead a Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) soldier of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Thursday morning in LTTE controlled Puliyankulam Nedunkerni Road between Mathiyamadu and Nainamadu, LTTE officials told media. Meanwhile, the dead body of a SLA soldier who was wearing LTTE uniform shot dead on 13 June was handed over to the ICRC officials at the request of Vanni command of the Sri Lankan forces, the Tigers further said.
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Paramilitary Karuna Group abducts 125 children in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 06:30 GMT]
More than 125 underage youths have been abducted by paramilitary Karuna Group in Sri Lanka Army and paramilitry launched cordon and search operations since Tuesday in Batticaloa district. SLA arrested youths were handed over to paramilitary cadres and the paramilitary cadres were allowed to enter houses, beat up the underage youths and to abduct them for training. More than 75 youths were abducted in Valaichenai area, 27 youths were abducted in a cordon and search operation Thursday morning in Kiran. Another 23 youths were abducted at Santhiveli.
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Sri Lankan Kfir jets bomb Mullaithivu, Sampoor under artillery attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 05:53 GMT]
Two Kfir bombers of the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) began bombing Liberation Tigers controlled Mullaithivu and its suburbs Thursday noon. A tsunami-resettlement village, Selvapuram, near vattuvahal bridge, was bombed, according to the initial reports from Mullaithivu. Meanwhile, LTTE's Trincomalee Political Head, S. Elilan, said Sampoor and Muttur East areas in LTTE controlled Trincomalee were being attacked with multibarrel aritllery fire.
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64 killed, 94 wounded in Claymore blast in Kebitigollawe

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 03:30 GMT]
64 passengers, including fifteen children and a Buddhist monk, were killed and around 94 wounded when a civilian bus was caught in a claymore mine blast near Kebitigollawe, 23 km southeast of Vavuniya, around 7:50 a.m. Thursday, police sources said. Wounded survivors were rushed to Kepitigollawe and Anuradhapura hospitals. The majority of victims are Sinhalese, officials said.
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Grenade attack on shop in Mannar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 01:29 GMT]
Unidentified persons Tuesday night around 7.20. p.m. lobbed a grenade at furniture shop at Emil Nagar located in Mannar Hospital Road junction, sources in Mannar said. The furniture shop was damaged but no one was injured.
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Driver arrested for transporting empty fertilizer bags

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 00:27 GMT]
The Mannar Magistrate Mr.N.M.M.Abdullah Tuesday evening ordered remand the driver of a vehicle belonging to Mannar Seed Paddy Association until June 15 based on a report by the Police that he was transporting about 72,000 empty fertilizer bags allegedly for the LTTE, legal sources in Mannar said. Mr.Marimuthu Nallamuthu, driver aged 63 was arrested with a consignment of empty bags at Manatkulam Monday, sources said.
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Joint cordon, search Operation in Batticaloa suburbs

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 21:16 GMT]
Sri Lanka Police, Special Task Force (STF) and the SriLankan Air Force (SLAF) cordoned off and searched Puthur, Thimilaithivu and Sethukkuda, suburbs of Batticaloa along the Batticaloa ­ Vavunathivu road, Wednesday morning 5.30 a.m until 8.30 p.m., Batticaloa residents said.
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2 killed, 3 injured in Jaffna attacks

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 10:23 GMT]
One Sri Lanka Army (SLA) trooper and one civilian supporter of Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) were killed, and one SLA soldier and two Sri Lanka Police officers were injured in continuing violence across Jaffna district Wednesday, sources from Jaffna said.
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Civilian shot dead in Vahaneri

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 00:18 GMT]
A yet un-named civilian was shot and killed in front of his wife at Natrapaalathadi on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m allegedly by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers. The couple were cycling from the LTTE controlled area in Vahaneri, Mullivettavaan in the Batticaloa District to Oddamaavedi when the attack took place, said Daya Mohan, the political head of the LTTE for the Batticaloa District.
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Two SLA soldiers injured in gunfire in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 22:14 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were injured in three incidents of gunfire and grenade attack by unknown gunmen in Jaffna during the last 24 hours, sources in Jaffna said.
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Claymore attack averted in Vanni, 3 dead in gunfire

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 15:32 GMT]
Members of Tamil auxilliary brigade on a road clearing patrol on Nedunkerni road, between Nainamadu and Puliyankulam, inside the Liberation Tigers controlled area intercepted a team of Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) troopers of the Sri Lanka Army, who were fixing 3 Claymore mines. Two Tamil auxilliaries and an SLA soldier were killed when both exchanged gunfire. At least one bag with "SLA" mark was recovered from the attackers, according to the video footage released by the National Television of Tamileelam (NTT). The SLA soldier killed was clad in LTTE uniform. The clash took place around 11:00 a.m. Tuesday.
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SLA detains 5 after cordon, search operation in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 12:33 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers cordoned off and searched Kiran, Korakalmadu and Santhiveli, villages surrounding the Santhiveli-Kirimuddi Pannai SLA camp, 22 km northwest of Batticaloa Town, on Tuesday from 6 a.m to 11.30 a.m, sources said. The army arrested 9 people and after investigation released 4 persons detaining 5 for further inquires.
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Bomb threat suspends work in Colpetty bank

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 11:16 GMT]
Work at the National Savings Bank located on Galle Road Colpetty was suspended following a bomb threat issued by an anonymous caller at 8:15 am Tuesday morning. Colpetty Police and Bomb Disposal Squad of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) rushed to the location but found no explosive devices inside the building, sources in Colombo said.
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Two SLA soldiers injured in grenade attack in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 05:13 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were injured when unidentified men lobbed a grenade at a sentry post at Bharathipuram, a suburb of Trincomalee town, aroun 8 a.m., Tuesday morning, police sources said.
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Lt Col. Mahenthi’s remains buried in Kanagapuram

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 June 2006, 22:04 GMT]
The remains of Lieutenant Colonel Mahenthi, the Mannar Military commander of LTTE, killed Sunday in a claymore attack carried out by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, was buried with full military honours at Kanagapuram National Heroes Cemetary, Sunday, attended by several leading citizens, LTTE military commanders, LTTE cadres and residents, sources from Kilinochchi said.


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Villagers flee as SLA erects camp in Sirukandal, Mannar

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 June 2006, 16:06 GMT]
More than one hundred Tamil families fled from the village of Pariharakandal when more than five hundred soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) entered the village of Sirukandal, located a mile away from Pariharakandal, Monday morning and established a camp inside an area used as cemetery, civil society sources in Mannar said. By noon the entire village of Sirukandal was deserted and all small shops in the village closed, sources said.
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Norway's peace role useful- Samaraweera

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 June 2006, 13:55 GMT]
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera who is leading a high-level delegation of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) officials to Norway said Norway's role in Sri Lanka was "useful," when he addressed the media in Oslo at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry Monday.
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SLA soldier killed in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 June 2006, 12:19 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed Monday around 8:00 a.m. when a Claymore mine exploded on a road clearing patrol of the SLA soldiers at Barathipuram, Police said.
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SLA soldier killed by sniper fire in Vavunativu

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 June 2006, 10:54 GMT]
Lance Corporal M Kumararatne, 34, was killed by sniper fire while he was engaged in security duties at the Vavunativu, Batticaloa Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp at 5:10 p.m. Sunday, sources in Batticaloa said.
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