Thursday, April 30, 2009

‘LTTE readying 6 large boats’

B. Muralidhar Reddy
Tigers killed hundreds of fleeing civilians, say two former LTTE officials

(TH)COLOMBO: Sri Lanka military on Wednesday said that as the troops continued marching into the the no-fire zone (NFZ), where the LTTE leaders and cadres were taking shelter among an estimated 20,000 civilians, the Tigers have readied six large boats with sophisticated equipment to facilitate the escape of their top leaders.

The Sri Lanka Navy thwarted a pre-dawn LTTE offensive bid by destroying four LTTE suicide boats and sinking another attack craft in the seas off Mullaiththivu. Full text