STF offensive in Amparai thwarted - LTTE

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 September 2006, 15:32 GMT]
An offensive launched by the Sri Lanka Special Task Force (STF) troopers Wednesday morning from Kanjirankudah STF camp in Amparai district towards the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Kanchikudicharu area, was repulsed by the Tigers, said LTTE's Military Spokesman I. Ilanthirayan. According to medical sources in Amparai, at least 18 STF and paramilitary men were killed, and more than 25 wounded in the STF offensive.
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Abducted youth being trained in Polannaruwa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 11:05 GMT]
A number of youths from Amparai district abducted by Army-backed anti-LTTE paramilitaries are undergoing weapons training at military bases in Polannaruwa District, LTTE officials who met with the United Nations’ child agency, UNICEF, said this week. Many youth had been brazenly picked up by unmarked ‘white vans’ in Army-controlled parts of the eastern districts, they said, urging UNICEF to visit the training sites.
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LTTE cadre killed, 2 policemen wounded in Amparai

[TamilNet, Friday, 25 August 2006, 22:44 GMT]
A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre was killed and two policemen riding in a three-wheeler were wounded, in a shootout on Thambiluvil Road in Amparai district Friday noon, Thirukkovil Police said. The LTTE cadre was gunned down when the policemen retaliated after an attack, police claimed. Meanwhile, LTTE Political Head in Amparai, Jeya, said the person shot dead was a political cadre of the Tigers.
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UN worker shot dead in Thambiluvil

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 August 2006, 23:56 GMT]
Unidentified armed men shot dead a worker employed by an UN agency UNOPS in Amparai district Thursday morning around 9 a.m. at Munaiyoorkalam in Thambiluvil in Amparai district.The UN workers was identified 29 year-old P.Jestly Julian, a native of Komari and father of two children. Armed men who came in a motor bike took him from his office to a place to Munaiyoorkalam and shot him.
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SLA bans Colombo bound heavy vehicles from east

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 August 2006, 19:40 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has imposed a total ban on heavy vehicles transporting cargo such as fish, and other perishable goods from the districts of Amparai and Batticaloa to Colombo. These vehicles are stopped at Welikanda and Ottamavadi and sent back to Batticaloa and Amparai. The ban has come into effect since Saturday, civil sources said.
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Policemen guarding Karuna group office injured in friendly fire

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 August 2006, 21:05 GMT]
Two policemen guarding the Batticaloa office of paramilitary Karuna group were injured when the gun of a fellow policeman went off accidentally, around 12:15 p.m., Sunday. Both policemen were immediately admitted at the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
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Humanitarian, relief assistance to LTTE held villages in Amparai suspended

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 August 2006, 12:27 GMT]
It has been reported that humanitarian assistance and other relief measures reaching war affected families in areas held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Amparai district has come to a halt due to ban by Special Task Force (STF) deployed at Kanchirankudah on officials engaged in such works visiting these villages." It's a crime against humanity," said Mr.Jeya, Amparai District LTTE political head.
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Eastern Muslims hold peace rally

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 August 2006, 02:10 GMT]
A Peace rally organized by the Eastern Muslim Mosques' Federation (EMMF) expressing solidarity for the Muslims of Muthur and Thoppur who had been displaced in the recent fight between the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was held Wednesday morning in the Ashraff Square at Kattaiady in Kalmunai municipal area in the Amparai district, sources in Amparai said.
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STF shot and killed three Tamil youths in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 14:18 GMT]
Three Tamil youths were shot dead Wednesday afternoon around 2.30 p.m. by Special Task Force (STF) personnel in a cordon and search operation conducted in Alayadivembu Ward No: 8 in Akkaraipattu Police division in Amparai district.
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Tamils protest against SL Government and SLA

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 20:13 GMT]
Tamil residents of Batticaloa and Amparai districts, observed a one day Hartal (general shutdown) and a day of mourning Monday to condemn the Sri Lanka Government and the Sri Lanka Army for discriminating and repressing the Tamils in the region, civil society sources in Batticaloa said. Hartal was also intended to draw the attention of the international community to the desperate plight of the Tamils in the East, the organisers of the Hartal said.


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Tamil youth shot dead in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 00:39 GMT]
An unidentified assailant, using a 9mm pistol, shot dead H Puyalawan, 22, and a resident of Kallady, Uppodai, Monday at 11.55 a.m at Poonochimunai Batticaloa in Kattankudy police area, sources in Batticaloa said.
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Paramilitary abductions continue in Batticaloa, Amparai

[TamilNet, Sunday, 13 August 2006, 21:44 GMT]
Paramilitary Karuna Group men working with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) abducted 15 Tamil civilians in Batticaloa and Amparai Districts within last two days, said Jeya, the Amparai District LTTE Political Head. He further said the incidents have been reported to the Sri Lanka Monitoring mission(SLMM).


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Peace prayer to be held in Kalmunai for Muthur Muslims

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 August 2006, 02:29 GMT]
Peace demonstration expressing deep concern over the suffering of Muslim people in Muthur following the attack on them and also stressing the urgent need of addressing their legitimate rights and grievances is to be held on August 16th in Kalmunai, in the Amparai district in the eastern province. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held Wednesday evening at Sainthamaruthu Jumma Mosque hall, sources said.
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Tamil youth shot dead in Akkaraippattu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 August 2006, 20:26 GMT]
The body of a youth with gun shot wounds was discovered by Akkaraipattu Police at Panankadu junction in Alayadivembu area, 9.30 a.m Thursday, police sources said.
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Government peace secretariat official visits Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 August 2006, 20:54 GMT]
Dr.Palitha Kohone, Director of the Sri Lankan Government Peace Secretariat, Tuesday evening visited Batticaloa district and held discussion with Mr.C.Punnyamoorthy, Government Agent, at the Batticaloa district Secretariat sources, said. He later met with Brigadier Amal Karunaratne, Senior Police Superintendent Maxie Proctor, and several security officials at 223 Brigade Headquarters in Batticaloa.
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STF seize farmers' vehicles in Akkaraippattu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 August 2006, 08:55 GMT]
Special Task Force (STF) forcibly took away 5 tractors and 2 motorbikes belonging to Tamil farmers Monday around 5.30 p.m., the affected farmers lodged a complaint at the Akkaraippattu Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) office, sources said. The farmers allege that the STF carried this out in retaliation to the hijacking of a tractor belonging to a Sinhalese farmer, Monday morning at Manthottam by unknown persons.


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Four young Tamil pilgrims arrested by SLA

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 August 2006, 08:52 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) troops at Valliamman Aru camp, Uganthai, in Amparai, arrested four young Tamil pilgrims from Kaluwanchikkudy, Batticaloa who were walking through the jungle paths in a pilgrimage to Kathirkamam Murugan Temple, a sacred Hindu shrine in the South said S.Pathmanathan, the welfare officer for the pilgrims.


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Two Policemen killed in Amparai

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 August 2006, 21:28 GMT]
A Special Task Force (STF) soldier and a Police constable were killed when a claymore hit the water carrier truck along the Uganthai Poththuvil road in Amparai District, at 11.30 a.m. Tuesday, sources in Amparai said. The truck was transporting water for the Uganthai Murugan temple festival.
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Home guard shot dead in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 August 2006, 08:30 GMT]
Unidentified men riding in a motor bike shot dead a home guard Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m. at Akkaraipattu in Amparai district. The home guard was identified as Subair (26), a native of Addalaichchenai, police sources said.
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Bauer, Brattskar, Henricsson visit Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Monday, 07 August 2006, 10:45 GMT]
Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen Bauer, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar and Head of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Major General Ulf Henricsson left Trincomalee town after meeting the General Officer of Commanding (GOC) of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the east port town. Later, they held discussion with Trincomalee district head of the SLMM and monitors based in Trincomalee, SLMM sources said.
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