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LTTE move to terrorise civilians: army

COLOMBO: At least three soldiers and two cadres of the Tamil Tigers were killed in the battles in the north in the last 24 hours even as the LTTE accused the military of targeting the fishermen community in Mullaitivu.

According to the Defence Ministry, the soldiers were killed when the LTTE triggered a claymore mine targeting the army personnel in Jaffna on Tuesday.

It said the mine was placed in close proximity to a well used by the army troops to obtain water.

The military alleged that the LTTE on Monday carried out a cowardly claymore attack at Gurunagar in Jaffna, injuring a child who was passing by. It said the bomb exploded in front of the Children’s Park at Gurunagar targeting a government vehicle. The military said the LTTE might have “orchestrated” the attack to terrorise civilians supportive to the security forces’ counter terror operations in the peninsula.

The Media Centre for National Security reported that troops opened fire at a group of terrorists engaged in both reconnaissance and mine-laying on the Forward Defence Lines in the north killing two of them.

The military said soldiers — continuing their clearing operations in the newly liberated Eastern Province — have uncovered a “large dump of weapons” of the LTTE.

These include 26 claymore mines, 61 anti-personnel mines, 3 anti-tank mines, 250 detonators and 25 kg of C4 explosives.

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