LTTE continues attacks on STF in the east

by admin
Mar 31, 2009
In the space of one week, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched attacks on Special Task Force (STF) commandos in the eastern district at four separate locations killing 9 STF commandos injuring 13.
 
According to LTTE officials in Ampaarai, LTTE fighters carried out three separate attacks on Friday March 29 and Saturday March 30.
 
Liberation Tigers launched the first attack around 10:45 pm on Friday on the STF commandos posted at the road check point located between Urukaamam and Kiththul on Batticaloa-Badulla road in which an STF commando was killed and three seriously injured.

The second attack took place Saturday around 12:30 pm on the STF mini camp at 78th mile post on Chengkaladi-Badulla road where a time bomb planted by the Tigers exploded killing two STF commandos and seriously wounding one.
 
The third attack was on the STF sentry post in Karadiyanaaru police division in which three STF commandos were killed and four seriously wounded, Batticaloa district LTTE said.
 
Meanwhile, two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) home guards lost their legs caught in a booby trap set by the Tigers Saturday around 6:30 am in the 16th village in Ampaarai district, LTTE in Ampaarai said.

Few days earlier, on Sunday March 22, three STF commandos were killed and five sustained injuries when LTTE commandos launched a surprise attack on an STF mini-camp on Chengkaladi - Badulla Road, according to a news release issued by the LTTE Political division in Batticaloa.

The mini-camp was located between Koappaaveli and Pullumalai, the Tigers said.

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