"Mortar training confined to our area" - LTTE
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 15:13 GMT]
Responding
to Sri Lanka Army (SLA) statement that pieces of artillery shells fired by LTTE
fell on the army controlled area where Thoppur army camp is located, Mr.S.Elilan, Trincomalee district political head of the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said Wednesday, "LTTE cadres conducted normal military training in our controlled area in
the Muttur east in the Trincomalee district on Tuesday morning," sources said.
Mr.Elilan added, "as part of regular exercise LTTE cadres conducted their mortar training in a
place, which is inside the LTTE controlled area. Pieces of shells fell
within our controlled area and not elsewhere as stated by Sri Lanka
Military spokesman. "We have explained our position to the Sri Lanka
Monitoring Mission (SLMM) officials when they inquired from us about the
complaint lodged with them by the SLA regarding this incident."
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