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Suspected LTTE terrorists kill 10

B. Muralidhar Reddy

COLOMBO: At least 10 civilians, including two children, were killed and five others sustained serious injuries on Saturday night when a group of suspected cadres of the LTTE terrorists opened indiscriminate small arms fire at Rathmalgaha Ella in Ampara district in the east.

A statement by the Defence Ministry said here that LTTE cadres stormed into the Kirimetiya village and opened fire at civilians indiscriminately. The civilians were shot at point blank range.

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