LTTE releases 46 under-age youths

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 June 2006, 11:36 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers have released 46 under-age youths, 22 of the youths to their parents and 24 were enrolled with the Education Skills and Development Centre (ESDC) for education.

The Tigers, in a new release issued by the Peace Secretariat in Kilinochchi said that a list containing the names of the youths released was handed over to the UNICEF and the ICRC.

The youths, identified as under-age youths upon joining the LTTE between July 2005 and May 2006, were handed over on two occassions, on 18 May and on 03 June, the news release said.