(SO)Becoming more fierce on civilians, who are trying to breakthrough the gates of the LTTE hell-hole, the Tigers have recently laid a swathe of land mines, in the densely populated LTTE controlled areas - Theravikulam, Visuamadu and Puthukudiyirippu in Mullaitivu to prevent the civilians fleeing to the government controlled areas.
According to intelligence sources, the Tigers, in a desperate attempt to hold ground in the wake of the heavy military push, are trying to retain the civilians by all means while burying large amount of anti-personnel mines around FDLs to keep the forcefully recruited young cadres in captivity. Knowing that they are at the losing end, most of the young cadres have started abandoning the outfit despite the stringent punishments given by the LTTE. Full Text