LTTE sentry in Muttur attacked by SLA- Elilan

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 April 2005, 17:19 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Monday lodged a complaint with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in Trincomalee that one of their sentry points in the LTTE-controlled Muttur east had been attacked by a group of soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army Sunday night around 7.10 p.m.

In Pachchanoor area, LTTE sentry point at Kilathimalai is located on the east side of a river and the SLA camp is located on the west side of the river.

Sunday night a group of about fifteen soldiers in uniform moved forward from their camp towards the LTTE sentry and started firing. However no one in the LTTE sentry was injured. Later the SLA soldiers withdrew to their camp, Mr.S.Elilan, LTTE Trincomalee district political head said in his complaint to the SLMM.

SLMM sources said it has started inquiring into the complaint.