Indian radar operators wounded in Vanni SF HQ

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 September 2008, 06:16 GMT]
Two Indian radar operators working for Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) sustained injuries in the attack carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) on Sri Lankan forces Vanni Headquarters located in Vavuniyaa. SLA sources in Vavuniyaa said 26 military personnel were wounded in the mission.
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Vanni SF HQ attacked

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 September 2008, 00:53 GMT]
The joint headquarters of the Sri Lankan forces in Vanni, situated in Vavuniyaa town, came under attack for more than 2 hours by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in the early hours of Tuesday. According to the casualty figures released by the Sri Lankan military sources, 9 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, 2 Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) personnel and 1 policemen were killed and 26 wounded. At least 10 LTTE Black Tiger commandos had infiltrated into the Vanni headquarters of the SL forces, causing destruction to the military facilities. LTTE's aircrafts bombed the SF HQ of Vanni around 2:30 a.m., before the Black Tigers launched the attack. Vavuniyaa town is at standstill.
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SLA blocks NGO vehicles entry to Vanni

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 September 2008, 06:42 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Oamanthai exit point to Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled region in Vanni on Friday blocked vehicles belonging to Non Governmental Organisations from passing through the exit point, according to NGO sources in Vavuniyaa town. The move comes after SLA shells have begun targeting Ki'ilnochchi and the A9 Road.
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SLA Claymore attack kills civilian in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 September 2008, 16:08 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit troops triggered three Claymore mines Friday around 3:45 p.m killing a civilian and injuring another as they were riding on a motorcycle in Kurichuddaku’lam in Vavuniya district, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
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Tissainayagam, PTA, and Humanitarian Crisis in Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 September 2008, 11:45 GMT]
The action taken by the Sri Lankan Government to indict Tissainayagam, for stating the truth and exercising the right of fair comment he enjoys as a journalist, make it impossible for any dissent from the governments point of view to be published by the press in Sri Lanka. Tissainayagam is the first journalist to be caught up under the Draconian twins, the Prevention of Terrorism Act No:48 of 1979 (PTA) as amended, and the Emergency Regulations (EMR).
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Tamil civilian shot dead in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 September 2008, 09:50 GMT]
Unidentified armed men shot dead a forty-five-year old Tamil civilian in his house at Pampaimadu in Vavuniyaa Thursday night, Vavuniyaa police said.
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SLA Claymore attack injures civilian in Nedungkea’ni

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 September 2008, 05:44 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit troops triggered four Claymore mines Thursday around 1:30 p.m targeting a tractor on its way to transport coconuts from Nedungkea’ni, injuring a civilian in the tractor, sources in Vavuniyaa said. All four Claymore mines had exploded.
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Claymore attack injures STF commando in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 September 2008, 15:40 GMT]
Unidentified persons triggered a Claymore device Thursday around 5:00 p.m at Aayiththiyamalai in Vavu’natheevu police division in Batticaloa district, seriously injuring a Special Task Force (STF) commando, attached to 3rd Mile Post STF camp, who had gone to bathe in a well 200m from his camp, sources in Batticaloa said.
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LTTE: 8 SLA soldiers killed in Vavuniyaa front

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 September 2008, 01:47 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Wednesday said they repulsed a ground movement by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at Paalamoaddai into LTTE territory. The Tigers claimed that eight SLA soldiers were killed and more than 14 wounded in their counter-attack.
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Tamil businessman missing in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 September 2008, 11:03 GMT]
27 year old Tamil youth who owned a business centre in Vavuniyaa bus stand was reported missing since Monday, according to complaints lodged with the Vavuniyaa Police and the regional office of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by his relatives.
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Jaffna youth abducted in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 September 2008, 10:24 GMT]
Unidentified armed persons arrived in a white van and abducted a Tamil youth Monday night from a lodge in Vavuniyaa town, administrators of the lodge said. The victim has been identified as 28 year-old Sathiyaseelan of Jaffna, according to complaints lodged with the Vavuniyaa Police by lodge officials.
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Male shot dead in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 August 2008, 20:17 GMT]
Unidentified armed men shot and killed a male in Pa'ndaariku'lam in Vavuniyaa Saturday morning. The dead has not been identified yet. His body has been lying in the Vavuniyaa general hospital, according to media sources in the town.
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NGO vehicle narrowly escapes DPU Claymore attack in Vanni

[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 August 2008, 18:53 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit soldiers triggered a Claymore mine Friday evening around 7:00 p.m. on a convoy of FORUT, a Norwegian NGO, at Kanakaraayanku'lam, a few minutes after the convoy has passed the entry point to Vanni, Tamileelam Police officials told TamilNet Saturday. Tamileelam police officials charged that the SLA has stepped up Claymore attacks on civilian vehicles in Vanni in a bid to terrorise the people of Vanni. The NGOs and the UN agencies have become under pressure from the Sri Lankan government, which is pressurising a move to force people to vacate LTTE administered areas.
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Vavuniyaa choked with abrupt GA nominations

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:19 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Administration recently transferred the Government Agent of Vavuniyaa S. Shanmugam from his post despite there was only a couple of months till his retirement. Meanwhile, the GA of Mullaiththeevu, Imela Sukumar, was appointed for his post and she was also instructed to look after Mullaiththeevu district from Vavuniyaa. But, her appointment has now been canceled. In the Meantime, the GA of Maanaar A. Nicholas Pillai, has been transferred to Vavuniyaa. The shifting appointments have come due to pressure from two competing paramilitary leaders operating from Colombo with vested interest in the affairs of Vavuniyaa, according to informed sources.
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DPU attack kills 2 civilians in Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 August 2008, 03:49 GMT]
A 15-year-old boy and a 33-year-old vegetable trader were killed on the spot at Olumadu Thursday evening when a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit triggered four Claymore mines targeting the grocery traders who were riding in a motorbike towards Nedungkea'ni in Mullaiththeevu district, Tamileelam Police said. The attack came a few hours before the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) dropped leaflets instructing the people of Vanni to move out of the LTTE controlled areas to Vavuniyaa.
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Tamil Diaspora must act to prevent humanitarian tragedy - MP

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 09:39 GMT]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Member of Parliament from Jaffna District, Selvarajah Gajendran, on Tuesday, urged the Tamil Diaspora to provide assistance to local aid agencies working among the IDPs in Vanni and to campaign in their host countries to exert pressure on the GoSL to remove restrictions on the transport of emergency supplies to Vanni and urge the International Community to support the Tamil people's right to live in peace in their homeland. The Sri Lankan government has ordered Government Agents to operate from Vavuniyaa and has actively discouraged even UN agencies from entering Vanni, the MP said.
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Imelda Sukumar appointed Vavuniyaa GA

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 August 2008, 06:56 GMT]
Ms Imelda Sukumar has been appointed Government Agent of Vavuniyaa district with immediate effect. She has been instructed by the Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Administration to cover the administrative district of Mullaiththeevu also. She had been earlier serving as the GA, Mullaiththeevu district till she sustained injuries in the artillery attack by the Sri Lanka Army on Mullaiththeevu district secretariat recently, media sources said.
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IDP fire victims to be resettled in Sithamparapuram village

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 August 2008, 21:14 GMT]
220 Internall Displaced Persons belonging to 56 families, who lost their temporary shelters due to fire that took place second time at Poonthoaddam Welfare Centre in Vavuniyaa, could be resettled in Sithamparapuram village in Vavuniyaa division with their consent, according to Planning Officer Ms. Vijayaluxmy Ketheeswaran, who is in charge of resettlement division.
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Tamil civilian shot dead in Vavu’natheevu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 August 2008, 12:16 GMT]
Five unidentified armed men who forcibly took away a Tamil civilian Wednesday around 12:00 p.m from his house in Koththiyaapuram in Vavu’natheevu police division in Batticaloa shot and killed him, sources in Batticaloa said. Four of the five armed men were clad in pants similar to those worn by Special Task Force (STF) commandos, the sources added.
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Tamil man reported missing in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 August 2008, 10:43 GMT]
A 30-year-old Tamil man was reported missing in Cheddikku'lam in Vavuniyaa division since Thursday, according to a complaint lodged with the Cheddikku'lam police by his mother Monday.
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