Four LTTE cadres killed in SLA attack in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 July 2006, 11:55 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Thursday said four of their cadres were killed in its area at Kadawanaikulam in Thampalakamam division in Trincomalee district by a group of soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in ambush Wednesday night around 9 p.m. A group of SLA soldiers had penetrated into the LTTE held area Kadawanaikulam along Trincomalee-Kandy highway located about 20 km off southwest of east port town, LTTE sources in Sampoor said.

LTTE sources gave the names of four LTTE cadres killed in the attack. They are:-

1. Lt.Colonel Eesan (Muthulingam Kalaiarasan of Eachantivu-Alankerni),
2. Captain Theepan (Nagarajah Venthan, of Pattithidal-Muttur),
3. Captain Thanushan (Venthan of Batticaloa) and
4. Veeravengai Karuna (Thangavel Karunakaran of Mullipottanai-Thampalakamam).