Eleven killed in SLA Vavuniya advance

by admin
Apr 24, 2007
Some of the weapons recovered by the LTTE following the Sri Lankan soldiers hasty retreat.
The LTTE said they repulsed a fresh ground operation by the SLA that attempted to move towards Paalamoddai, northwest of Vavuniya, on April 11.
 
SLA troopers on retreat left behind dead soldiers, arms and ammunition, including a Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher and 15 automatic guns, according to the military spokesman of the Tigers, Irasiah Ilanthirayan.
 
Eight bodies of SLA troopers were located by the Tigers who were clearing the area after the SLA retreat.
 
Three LTTE fighters were killed when Tigers forces confronted the SLA, Mr. Ilanthiryan said.
 
The LTTE liaison officer for NGOs, Mr. Thiyagarajah, handed over the bodies of seven SLA troopers to the ICRC on April 12.
 
Only seven were returned as one of the eight bodies recovered was in a decomposed state.
 
ICRC Kilinochchi Official Katja Loren accepted the bodies from Mr. Thiyagarajah.
 
Vavuniya ICRC Protection Officer, Paulin Kabayiza, was also present during the handing over of the bodies.
 
The SLA had launched the operation after intensifying MBRL and artillery barrage on Vavuniya Mannar border villages between Mullikkulam and Valayankaddu.
 
Tiger commandos carried out a pre-dawn counter-operation and successfully thwarted the SLA troop movement, Mr. Ilanthiryan said.
 

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