Two SLA soldiers injured in Thenmaradchy firefight

[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 May 2006, 13:49 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were seriously injured in a firefight in Kovilakandy in Thenmaradchy SouthWest inside the High Security Zone (HSZ) when unknown gunmen attacked a SLA foot patrol which was returning to the camp at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, sources in Thenamaradchy said. Firefight followed by grenade attack lasted for more than 10 minutes, sources added.
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Jaffna Rights official receives death threats

[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 May 2006, 09:39 GMT]
Rohitha Priyadharshana, co-ordinator at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Jaffna, received a letter Friday threatening his life if he does not vacate his post, officials in the HRC said. A man believed to be a paramilitary working with Sri Lanka Military Intelligence, gave the letter, written in Tamil, through an employee at the HRC office, according to officials. The letter included Priyadharshana has been leading the investigation in several landmark cases where Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers of Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) were blamed for killing civilians, civil society sources said.
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Tamil youth abducted in Muttur

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 May 2006, 10:55 GMT]
Mr.Mathavarajah Sathananthan, 26, of Kadatkaraichchenai in Muttur east was abducted Saturday morning around 9:00 a.m. by a group of unidentified persons in a white-coloured van from the Muttur jetty when he was waiting to travel to Trincomalee town by ferry with his wife. This incident was witnessed by several members of the public who were present at the site, civil sources said.
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SLA cordons, searches Jaffna Teaching Hospital building

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 May 2006, 09:48 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and Police cordoned off and searched the cafeteria area functioning inside the Jaffna Teaching Hospital premises for more than an hour from 12:30 p.m., Saturday, sources said. One cafeteria employee was taken to Jaffna Police station for further inquries according to sources.
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SLA soldiers gun down two youths in Nallur, Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 26 May 2006, 08:31 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers shot and killed two youths riding in a motorbike at Aadiyapatham junction, around 12:20 p.m. Friday. SLA sources in Jaffna claimed that their troopers shot at attackers who were fleeing after firing on a Police post. However, eyewitnesses said that the soldiers stationed at the junction aimed at the motorbike approaching the juntion. The nearest police post is 400 meters away from the Adiyapatham junction.
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3 paramilitary cadres killed, 2 captured in Trincomalee - LTTE

[TamilNet, Friday, 26 May 2006, 08:23 GMT]
A counter-ambush commando unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), killed 3 Karuna group paramilitary cadres and captured two cadres alive Friday morning around 7.30 a.m. when it launched an attack on the infiltrating five-member paramilitary group from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp located in Pattiaddy, about 200 meters into the no-man zone from the SLA controlled area in the Trincomalee district, LTTE officials in Sampoor said.
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STF orders shops closed in Batticaloa as punishment

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 May 2006, 22:55 GMT]
"Special Task Force (STF) troopers went around the markets in Arayampathy and Kalavanchikudy areas in Batticaloa district Thursday around 12.30 p.m, assaulting many traders and forcing them to close their shops for five additional days, as punishment for their current two day voluntary shop shut down as a mark of respect for Col. Ramanan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Deputy Commander of Batticaloa district, who was killed on Sunday" said Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian P. Ariyanenthiran.
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SLA soldier, civilian killed in Claymore attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 May 2006, 15:59 GMT]
Unidentified attackers exploded a side charger Claymore mine, killing an SLA soldier and a civilian, on Kokkuvil- Anaikoddai Road, 300 meters from Kokkuvil Junction, around 6:00 p.m. Thursday. The wounded trooper and the dead body of the soldier, were taken to Palaly military base hospital, Police said.
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SLA detains two youths in Karaveddy

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 May 2006, 13:33 GMT]
Two youths who were waiting at a bus stop at Puraporukki along Jaffna Point-Pedro road in Karaveddy were arrested by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers during a search operation Thursday, local residents said. The youths were immediatley flown to Palaly military base. The SLA authorities in Jaffna said the troops launched a search in the area after they recovered a claymore mine on Jaffna- Pt.Pedro main road, around 10 a.m., Thursday.
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Ambush kills LTTE member in Madhu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 May 2006, 10:32 GMT]
A member of the Liberation Tigers was killed and a civilian driver was seriously injured when the Sri Lanka Army soldiers who had advanced in to LTTE held area, set off a mine targetting a tractor that was transporting food to LTTE'S forward defence lines (FDL) in Madhu, LTTE sources in Mannar said. The ambush occured around 9.50 p.m., Wednesday, the sources said.
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Claymore blast kills 4 policemen in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 May 2006, 07:30 GMT]
Four policemen were killed and another wounded when the vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a claymore blast, at Sea Street in Kattankudy, 5 k.m. south of Batticaloa town, around 7 a.m., Saturday, accoring to police in the eastern town.
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SLA mounts mortar attacks on Vavunathivu LTTE FDLs

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 22:37 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army ( SLA) soldiers launched morter attacks on Liberation Tigers controlled Vavunathivu Forward Defence Lines (FDL) in Batticaloa and surrounding areas from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Thursday, sources from the east said. LTTE officials have confirmed that there were no irjuries or damages to property in the attacks.
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SLA troopers cordon, search Trincomalee town

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 18:26 GMT]
Sri Lankan armed forces and policemen launched a lightning cordon and search operation in the heart of east port Trincomalee town covering Main Street and Central Road with the assistance of sniffer dogs on a tip off that an explosive had been concealed in a house. No explosives were found during the search and no one was arrested in the search operation, police sources said.
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SLA arrests son taking coffin to father's funeral

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 16:05 GMT]
Mr. Thavithu Robinson, 27, of Iranaithivu-Pooneryn was arrested by soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Wednesday around 11 a.m. at Uyilankulam checkpoint located on the border of SLA and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas in Mannar district when he was transporting coffin for the funeral of his father Mr.Madutheen Thaveathu (David), 57, who died Tuesday in his home village Iranaimathanagar in Mulankavil. He was taken into custody by the army for allegedly possessing a T-56 live bullet, security sources said.
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Two SLA soldiers, policeman killed in Claymore attack in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 07:22 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army troopers and a policeman riding in a tractor were killed in a Claymore explosion at Thandikulam, 4 km northwest of Vavuniya town, around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police said.
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Kohona: paramilitary link with "lowest rank" of SL forces

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 16:50 GMT]
Amidst increasing accusations against Colombo of Sri Lankan troopers alleged involvement in extra-judicial killings and the terror-campaign let loose on Jaffna islets, Dr. Palitha Kohona, the Head of Sri Lanka Peace Secretariat, on Tuesday said that he suspects there might be contacts with the paramilitary cadres and the lower rank Sri Lankan troops.
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Youth shot dead by SLA in Chenkalady

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 16:30 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers shot dead a Tamil youth in a location between Chenkalady Black Bridge and Kumaraveliyar village in Eravur police division in Batticaloa district Tuesday around 5.45 p.m, sources said. The shooting followed an attack on the SLA patrol unit on the Badula road near the Black Bridge, said sources in Batticaloa. The SLA retaliated with mortar attack and gunfire for 20 minutes, added the sources.
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SLN arrests Tamil refugees in Mannar Sea

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 10:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) soldiers Monday night arrested seventeen Trincomalee Tamil families in Mannar seas when they werebeing taken in two boats to South India from Pesalai coast in Mannar district. The SLN later handed them to the Talaimannar Police, sources said.


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Sri Lanka government can still avert new war - LTTE

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 May 2006, 11:39 GMT]
"The objective conditions for an outbreak of war are developing. Yet, there is still a space in which meaningful steps could be taken by the Sri Lankan Government to contain the violence of the paramilitaries and the excesses of the armed forces and create a congenial environment for de-escalation,” the Liberation Tigers’ theoretician and chief negotiator, Mr. Anton Balasingham said this week in an extensive interview with the Sunday Times newspaper.
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Two men shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 May 2006, 05:21 GMT]
A young man was shot dead by unidentified men in Kopay North, in Jaffna, around 9 a.m., Monday. He is yet to be identified, police said. In a seperate incident, Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers shot and killed a young man at Vidathalpallai near Muhamalai, around 5 p.m, Sunday. He was identified as Arunachalam Suresh Gunapalan,42, father of three.
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