SLA arrests four in Vavuniya roundup

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 July 2006, 12:09 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers conducted an early morning cordon and search operation in Suthanthirapuram area in Vavuniya Sunday and arrested four civilians on suspicion of having links with Liberation Tigers, Vanni district parliamentarian Sivanathan Kishor said. The arrested four have been transferred to the Vavuniya Police Sunday afternoon after the relatives complained to the parliamentarian who intervened on their behalf.
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Two persons shot dead in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 July 2006, 08:06 GMT]
Two persons, a Tamil and a Sinhalese, were found shot dead at a graveyard in Thonikkal, 2 km from Vavuniya, Police said. Police suspected that the victims were persons involved in petty theft and burglary in Vavuniya area for a long time.


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Two Mannar Tamils reported missing

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 July 2006, 12:34 GMT]
Fourteen year old student, Anton Reginald of Murugan Kovil Road, Keeri, and Soosaippar Victor Cross, 44, of Pesalai in Mannar district are reported missing, according to complaints lodged with the Mannar regional office of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by their relatives, civil sources said.


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Three Tamil auxilliaries wounded in DPU Claymore attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 08:13 GMT]
Three members of Tamileelam auxilliary forces who were patrolling in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Semamadu in Vavuniya district, were wounded in a Claymore blast carried out by the Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army, Tamileelam Police sources in Kilinochchi said. The Claymore attack was reported at 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
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Slain Vavuniya PLOTE leader said Tamil nationalist

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 July 2006, 05:17 GMT]
A group of PLOTE members claiming to be pro-Tamil nationalists, in a media release issued in Tamil, have alleged that the PLOTE leader Bavan was assasinated by the Sri Lanka Army intelligence in collaboration with the PLOTE hierarchy. Bavan, the leader of PLOTE's military wing in Vavuniya, abducted and killed Thursday, was a leader who turned nationalist and opposed the paramilitary agenda against the PLOTE hierarchy, the cadres have claimed criticising the top hierarchy of the paramilitary organisation for collaborating with the Sri Lanka Army intelligence for getting rid of pro Tamil nationalist elements in the organisation.
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3 SLA soldiers killed, Claymore attack, clash at FDL in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 July 2006, 13:22 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed in a Claymore attack at Kalmadu, 12 km northwest of Vavuniya town around 5:00 p.m. Thursday. One soldier was wounded and rushed to Vavuniya hospital, Police said. Meanwhile, a clash erupted at Omanthai Forward Defence Line (FDL) where one SLA soldier was killed and another trooper was wounded.
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Vavuniya PLOTE leader killed

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 July 2006, 07:56 GMT]
Leader of the PLOTE's military wing in Vavuniya has been shot and killed. The body of Ratnam Sriskandarajah, alias Bavan,46, was found Thursday morning at Cheddikulam, about 15 km. southwest of Vavuniya, police said.
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New Hospital opens in Kilinochchi

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 00:10 GMT]
The inauguration ceremony of the new General Hospital in Kilinochchi district, was held Monday 10, July 2006 at 11.30 a.m. presided by Kilinochchi district health services officer, Dr. Nandakumar, sources in Kilinochchi said. The hospital building on the main A9 Road in Anandapuram, Kilinochchi built with Rs. 600m funding assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was opened by Deputy Head of Liberation Tigers Political Wing, S Thangan who was the chief guest. The first phase of 200 beds, of a planned 600 bed facility, is now in operation and open to the public, hospital sources said.
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SLA soldier killed in Vavuniya claymore explosion

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 10:34 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed in a claymore explosion in Pirappamadu area in Vavuniya at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, Vavuniya Police said. SLA soldiers were engaged in street patrol near Mahakatukodiya Road in Pirappamadu when the explosion occurred. The seriously injured soldier died on his way to the Vavuniya General Hospital, police said.
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Two women arrested by SLA in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 12:20 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers at the Veppankulam, Vavuniya sentry point arrested two Tamil women at 4 p.m. Monday on suspicion of having links with the Liberation Tigers, Vanni parliamentarian Sivanathan Kishor said. The two women were arrested when they were returning from Chettikulam after attending to registration issues regarding their housing in Maharambaikulam, the parliamentarian said.
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Man shot dead by SLA inside Thandikulam HSZ

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 July 2006, 13:29 GMT]
An unidentified man was killed by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers inside Thandikulam High Security Zone (HSZ) near Vavuniya Sunday night, security sources said. The SLA said the dead man is a member of Liberation Tigers and that they had recovered a AK-47 rifle and a new brand of bullet magazine near the dead body. Civil society sources in Vavuniya, however, said that suspicious circumstances surround the killing, and that the dead body may belong to a civilian arrested by the SLA.
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Major General Kulatunga, Late Commander SFHQ-(W)

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 June 2006, 18:18 GMT]
Defence correspondents in Colombo describe Major General Parami Kulatunge RSP USP USAWC, as a hardliner and a close associate of the SLA commander Sarath Fonseka who was seriously injured in a suicide attack in front of the Sri Lanka Military Head Quarters in April 2006. Maj.Gen.Kulatunga took over as the new Commander of Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni [SFHQ-(W)] in August 2004, the position he held when he was killed in a bomb explosion in Colombo Monday.
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Senior SLA Commander killed in bomb blast

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 June 2006, 02:59 GMT]
A senior top official of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Major General Parami Kulatunga, who holds the third position in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high command was killed in Pannipitiya, 15 km southeast of Colombo, in Homagama police division in Western Province, in a suicide bomb attack around 7:45 a.m. Monday, Police said. Maj. Gen. Kulatunga, Deputy Chief of Staff, has served as SLA Commander for Vanni High Command of the Sri Lanka Army.


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Two SLA soldiers killed in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Saturday, 24 June 2006, 10:35 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were shot and seriously injured by unidentified armed men riding a motorbike, at Vepankulam, 5 k.m. west of Vavuniya, around 2.15 p.m., Saturday. The injured soldiers succumbed to there injuries at Vavuniya hospital, police in the northern town said.
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Three SL Police officers killed in Vavuniya claymore attack

[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 June 2006, 11:33 GMT]
Three Sri Lanka Police officers including a seargent was killed in a claymore attack in Thuttuwewa, a Sinhala settlement along Horawapotana road at 10:05 a.m. Saturday, Vavuniya Police said. The mine was fitted to a tracter with a water bowzer in tow, sources added.
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LTTE hands over DPU soldier's body to SL Government

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 June 2006, 13:54 GMT]
The body of Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) soldier of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), who was shot dead by members of the Tamil Auxilliary Force inside Mathiyamadu forest in the Nedunkerni area of Vavuniya district Thursday, was handed over to the representatives of the Red Cross (ICRC) Friday morning to be given to the Government of Sri Lanka, sources from Vavuniya said.
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5 civilians killed, 44 wounded in Pesalai, SLN troopers lob grenades at church

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 June 2006, 02:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) troopers shot and killed four fishermen at the shores of Pesalai in Mannar and lobbed at least four grenades Saturday morning into the Church of Our Lady of Victory in Pesalai, killing a woman and wounding at least 44 persons, half of them in critical condition. The four fishermen were killed at the shores of Pesalai, 15 km northwest of Mannar, around 7:00 a.m. Saturday, when the troopers began attacking civilians after a naval battle with the Sea Tigers near Pesalai. Six of eight missing SLN troopers were confirmed dead in the sea fight, according to SLN sources.
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Kfir jets bomb Tharavai, Pulipaynthakal in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 12:40 GMT]
Sri Lankan Air Force Kfir jets bombed LTTE controlled Tharavai and Pulipaynthakal area around 3:15 p.m. Thursday. At least four bombs were dropped, LTTE's Batticaloa District Political Head Daya Mohan said. Mortar shells were fired towards LTTE controlled territory in Batticaloa from Vavunathivu SLA camp.
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SLA soldier from DPU gunned down, Claymore attack averted

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 08:21 GMT]
Liberation Tigers cadres shot dead a Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) soldier of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Thursday morning in LTTE controlled Puliyankulam Nedunkerni Road between Mathiyamadu and Nainamadu, LTTE officials told media. Meanwhile, the dead body of a SLA soldier who was wearing LTTE uniform shot dead on 13 June was handed over to the ICRC officials at the request of Vanni command of the Sri Lankan forces, the Tigers further said.
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64 killed, 94 wounded in Claymore blast in Kebitigollawe

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 June 2006, 03:30 GMT]
64 passengers, including fifteen children and a Buddhist monk, were killed and around 94 wounded when a civilian bus was caught in a claymore mine blast near Kebitigollawe, 23 km southeast of Vavuniya, around 7:50 a.m. Thursday, police sources said. Wounded survivors were rushed to Kepitigollawe and Anuradhapura hospitals. The majority of victims are Sinhalese, officials said.
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