2ND LEAD (ADDS IDENTITY DETAILS)

LTTE hands over 74 SLA bodies to ICRC

[TamilNet, Friday, 13 October 2006, 03:07 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) handed over 74 bodies of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in black body bags to ICRC Thursday evening in Kilinochchi. Another soldier's body was brought to Kilinochchi Thursday evening. More than fifty bodies of SLA soldiers are strewn around in the battlefield in unidentifiable state, according to LTTE officials. 133 SLA soldiers were killed in action or reported missing according to the official figures released by the Sri Lankan defence ministry media co-ordinating centre Thursday. More than 200 SLA soldiers were killed when LTTE defense formations under Special Commander Col. Theepan defeated the SLA forces Wednesday, LTTE officials claimed.



The LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan said that LTTE had seized 16 Multi Purpose Machine Guns (MPMGs), 4 Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers (RPGs), a Grenade Launcher, lite anti-tank weapon, 98 assualt rifles and large amounts of ammunitions from the Gemunu Watch SLA soldiers.

More than fifty bodies, severely damaged and decomposed state, were still found srewn around inside the LTTE territory and inside the no-go zone, he added.

Most of the dead troopers belonged to the Gemunu Watch regiment of the SLA.

Director of LTTE's NGO Liaison Office, Pavarasan, handed over 74 black body bags to the ICRC official Katja Lawrence at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Head of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Liaison Office in Kilinochchi, Lars Bleymann and Gunnar Johannsson also visited the Kilinochchi Central Playground where the bodies were packed into black bags.

Defence ministry media officials in Colombo reported 78 SLA soldiers as missing in action and 55 dead.

283 SLA soldiers were wounded, according to the figures issued by Colombo.

The bodies were brought to SLA camp in Vavuniya in four vehicles, media sources in Vavuniya said.



Identification details of more than 50 soldiers, gathered from various identity cards and papers, provided to media by Mr. Pavarasan, follow:

Seargeant Jayatilake Wijeweera 5TH Gemunu Watch ID S401852 National IC: 701130367A Corporal Ekanayake 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S406942 National IC: 752600635V Military IC: 595155 Mantumage Sarathkumara 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S416871 National IC: 831001950V DOB: 09.04.1984 Prasad Jeyawardene 55 Division ID: S417029 National IC: 832853976 Divilana, Giriginbanweva, Gevanagala Ratnayake Mudiyansalage Premaratne ID: S509263 Military IC: 346451 41 Halagawatte, Walipittiya, Mannaprawa, Vivila Pradeep Sanjeewa 5TH Gemunu Watch ID: S415647 National IC: 822843000V Jinasiri Vasantha ID: S367178 Rajeewa Sanjeewa ID: S515728 VIR National IC: 860281031 Military IC: 370382 7B/11A Ambagawella S. Gunapala Military IC: 13684 D. T. Thilakaratne ID: S815404 1st VIR Lt. M.R.H.W Sumanadasa ID: O65327 23E Kristuraja Road, Wattegama, Ya-Ela Rajapakse ID: S515712 ID: S414462 Gemunu Watch ID: S7415739 4TH Gemunu Watch C COY ID: O165923 4TH Gemunu Watch Priyaratnage Sanjeewa Saman Shanthakumara 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S416418 DOB: 24.11.1983 130 Migawewa, Gebittikollawa, Anuradhapura ID: S416571 Gemunu Watch ID: S416081 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S416081 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S414383 TH Gemunu Watch Gajan Dhammika TH Gemunu Watch ID: S416524 National IC: 832711942V Military IC: 367165 DOB: 27.09.1983 39A, Tumbegamuwa, Welimada ID: S411639 4TH Gemunu Watch Seargeant Weerasinghe 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S407115 Sanjeewa ID: S514386 C COY W.C.M. Perera ID: S515718 Raveendra ID: S413703 Ranatunga 9TH Gemunu Watch ID: S413663 National IC: ID: S511581 5 VIR Hettige ID: S413609 Corporal Nayananda 5 VIR ID: S508606 Premasiri 5VIR ID: S513535 National IC: 771702545V ID: S157033 5 VIR Abeyasekara 5TH Gemunu Watch ID: S404173 58/Allewewa Polonnaruwa G.P.T. Sanjeewa National IC: 830433163V DOB:12.02.1983 Gehan Gethara, Thikkala, Kirindana ID: S469289 6TH Gemunu Regiment Periratna Aruna Priyadarsana 9TH Gemunu D COY ID: S139326 National IC: 822750354V DOB: 01.10.1982 213 Galganda, Diyatalawa ID: S 356642 1ST SINHA REGIMENT ID: S 77984 1ST GEMUNU Suranka 9TH Gemunu D COY ID: S514703 ID: S416343 9TH Gemunu D COY ID: S239124 ID: S463655 1ST Gemunu REGIMENT ID: S414856 4TH Gemunu Watch ID: S412967 5TH Gemunu Watch H.M. Herath Mudiyansalage Saranga ID: S416519 National IC: 853021962V DOB: 28.10.1985 124 Rattanapittiya, Waganadamulla, Monaragala Gisganage Anaramano Veeraratne ID: S412917 National IC: 821122031V Military IC: 335349 DOB: 21.04.1982 Jeyagama, Arakkoda, Polgahawela, Kurunegala Rangodage Wajeerakumara 5TH Gemunu ID: S416598 93 Janasakthi Gama, Ulala Gamburupittiya, Matara ID: S408402 ID: S466540 1ST Gemunu Lance Corporal Laxmankumara ID: S412936 ID: S416634 DMR Aberatne ID: S413883 Bataramulla R. M. Mahinda ID: S515714 Lance Corporal Wickrama ID: S514878 Prabath Nandasiri 1ST GEMUNU ID: S462958 Seargeant Nandasiri ID: S453708