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Sri Lankan troops kill two Tiger suspects amid new tension
[ AFP ] [ 11:45 GMT, Apr. 24, 2006 ]
Sri Lankan troops have shot dead two men who were trying to set up a Claymore mine intended for security forces in the island's east, a defence official said. The men were killed at Vandaramullai in the district of Batticaloa as army soldiers conducted an operation to clear the main road of mines planted by Tiger rebels, the official said on Monday. The two men had lobbed a grenade at security forces when they were challenged, the official said, adding that a soldier had been wounded. The latest violence comes amid mounting tension in the neighbouring district of Trincomalee where six farmers from the majority Sinhalese community were shot dead late Sunday by suspected Tiger rebels.
Four die in Sri Lanka violence, ethnic fears rise
[ Reuters ] [ 11:46 GMT, Apr. 24, 2006 ]
Four people were shot dead in fresh Sri Lankan violence on Monday, while the killing of six Sinhalese farmers by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels the previous day raised fears of more ethnic riots. Some 100 people have died in just over two weeks after a series of suspected Tamil Tiger ambushes on the military were followed by attacks on Tamil civilians. Both sides say they are still working toward talks that were scheduled for last week in Switzerland, but are now indefinitely postponed. But diplomats say the peace process seems deadlocked and some fear a return to the island's two-decade civil war.
LTTE kills young mother while breastfeeding her infant
Monday, April 24, 2006, 15:17 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Preliminary reports confirmed that tensions were rising fast in the area.
Apr 24, Colombo: The Tigers reportedly hacked to death a young mother while she was breastfeeding her infant at home in the Block C area of Serunuwara in Trincomalee this evening.
Military sources said this latest act comes barely 12 hours after the LTTE, in a similar incident, executed another crime at Muslim Colony, Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa: killing a three-year-old infant while he was with his mother.
Home guards providing security to the area in Serunuwara rushed to the scene and began firing at the gang of weapon-carrying attackers, some of whom covered their faces with black pieces of cloth. Due to the fire fight, one home guard was injured.
Preliminary reports confirmed that tensions were rising fast in the area as villagers have begun flocking to the scene of the tragedy.
Security tightened for Sri Lanka leaders
Monday, April 24, 2006, 14:19 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence has taken steps to strengthen the security of political and national leaders as the government intelligence sections have emphasised the need for strict measures.
The action came after alleged Tiger cadres, believed to be on a mission to assassinate Minister Maithripala Sirisena, were arrested yesterday.
When police tried to check two suspected LTTE cadres in an Anuradhapura-bound bus, one of them swallowed a cyanide capsule. He is now in Kandy hospital under strict security. Police are questioning the other suspect further.
Principal to appear in court for not allowing abused victim's schooling
Monday, April 24, 2006, 13:41 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 24, Colombo: Colombo Chief Magistrate Sarojani Kusala Weerawardhana has ordered the principal of Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya, a leading girls' school in Nugegoda, to appear before the courts to show cause for not allowing an innocent school girl to attend the school.
The 15-year-old girl, who was abused by her mother’s lover, had revealed her problems to the teachers of the school and as a result the Children's and Women's Bureau of the Sri Lanka Police questioned the child and kept her in the custody of the Salvation Army. Later the court ordered her to be handed over to an aunt and the accused man was remanded.
But the Principal of Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya has not allowed the child to attend when the aunt took her back to the school.
Child abuse by principals and teachers are so common in Sri Lanka that the courts have to take stern action against the culprits. In a similar case the Supreme Court ordered the Principal of St. Mary's College in Hambantota to allow five girls who were sacked by the principal for having personal relationships to attend the school.
In another case the parents of children at the Adhikaram Junior School of Mathugama say the principal of the school, who is allegedly responsible for various kinds of child abuse, remains unharmed as no action was taken against her despite complaints and media revelations.
New violence hits Sri Lanka, 3 rebels killed, 3 soldiers hurt, 6 villagers found dead
(AP)
24 April 2006
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan government forces shot and killed three ethnic Tamil rebels in two separate incidents in the country’s troubled northeast after the insurgents lobbed hand grenades at the soldiers, the Defence Ministry said.
Police also found the bodies of six villagers in the same district of Trincomalee, area police chief Rohan Abeywardana said.
Another police officer said the stabbing victims were Sinhalese, members of Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority. The bodies had multiple stab wounds, said the officer, who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
An upsurge in violence has left at least 75 people dead this month, 40 of them soldiers or police, placing a four-year-old cease-fire in jeopardy.
Peace talks aimed at strengthening the faltering cease-fire have been thrown into question after the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam backed out of the latest round - scheduled to start Monday in Geneva - citing attacks on ethnic Tamils and other disputes with the government.
Earlier Sunday, troops manning a checkpoint in the town of Kantalai stopped two men. “One of them threw a hand grenade that wounded a security man,” military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said. The troops retaliated, killing the pair, he said.
In another incident, rebels threw hand grenades at troops on patrol near Trincomalee, 215 kilometers (135 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo, Samarasinghe said. The troops fired back, killing one rebel, he said.
On Thursday, the rebels announced they had pulled out of peace talks with the government scheduled for April 24-25 in Geneva, citing increasing attacks on Tamil civilians.
The Tamil Tigers began fighting the government in 1983, demanding a separate Tamil homeland and accusing the Sinhalese-dominated government of discrimination. The war left 65,000 people dead before the cease-fire.
[ AFP ] [ 11:45 GMT, Apr. 24, 2006 ]
Sri Lankan troops have shot dead two men who were trying to set up a Claymore mine intended for security forces in the island's east, a defence official said. The men were killed at Vandaramullai in the district of Batticaloa as army soldiers conducted an operation to clear the main road of mines planted by Tiger rebels, the official said on Monday. The two men had lobbed a grenade at security forces when they were challenged, the official said, adding that a soldier had been wounded. The latest violence comes amid mounting tension in the neighbouring district of Trincomalee where six farmers from the majority Sinhalese community were shot dead late Sunday by suspected Tiger rebels.
Four die in Sri Lanka violence, ethnic fears rise
[ Reuters ] [ 11:46 GMT, Apr. 24, 2006 ]
Four people were shot dead in fresh Sri Lankan violence on Monday, while the killing of six Sinhalese farmers by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels the previous day raised fears of more ethnic riots. Some 100 people have died in just over two weeks after a series of suspected Tamil Tiger ambushes on the military were followed by attacks on Tamil civilians. Both sides say they are still working toward talks that were scheduled for last week in Switzerland, but are now indefinitely postponed. But diplomats say the peace process seems deadlocked and some fear a return to the island's two-decade civil war.
LTTE kills young mother while breastfeeding her infant
Monday, April 24, 2006, 15:17 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Preliminary reports confirmed that tensions were rising fast in the area.
Apr 24, Colombo: The Tigers reportedly hacked to death a young mother while she was breastfeeding her infant at home in the Block C area of Serunuwara in Trincomalee this evening.
Military sources said this latest act comes barely 12 hours after the LTTE, in a similar incident, executed another crime at Muslim Colony, Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa: killing a three-year-old infant while he was with his mother.
Home guards providing security to the area in Serunuwara rushed to the scene and began firing at the gang of weapon-carrying attackers, some of whom covered their faces with black pieces of cloth. Due to the fire fight, one home guard was injured.
Preliminary reports confirmed that tensions were rising fast in the area as villagers have begun flocking to the scene of the tragedy.
Security tightened for Sri Lanka leaders
Monday, April 24, 2006, 14:19 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence has taken steps to strengthen the security of political and national leaders as the government intelligence sections have emphasised the need for strict measures.
The action came after alleged Tiger cadres, believed to be on a mission to assassinate Minister Maithripala Sirisena, were arrested yesterday.
When police tried to check two suspected LTTE cadres in an Anuradhapura-bound bus, one of them swallowed a cyanide capsule. He is now in Kandy hospital under strict security. Police are questioning the other suspect further.
Principal to appear in court for not allowing abused victim's schooling
Monday, April 24, 2006, 13:41 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 24, Colombo: Colombo Chief Magistrate Sarojani Kusala Weerawardhana has ordered the principal of Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya, a leading girls' school in Nugegoda, to appear before the courts to show cause for not allowing an innocent school girl to attend the school.
The 15-year-old girl, who was abused by her mother’s lover, had revealed her problems to the teachers of the school and as a result the Children's and Women's Bureau of the Sri Lanka Police questioned the child and kept her in the custody of the Salvation Army. Later the court ordered her to be handed over to an aunt and the accused man was remanded.
But the Principal of Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya has not allowed the child to attend when the aunt took her back to the school.
Child abuse by principals and teachers are so common in Sri Lanka that the courts have to take stern action against the culprits. In a similar case the Supreme Court ordered the Principal of St. Mary's College in Hambantota to allow five girls who were sacked by the principal for having personal relationships to attend the school.
In another case the parents of children at the Adhikaram Junior School of Mathugama say the principal of the school, who is allegedly responsible for various kinds of child abuse, remains unharmed as no action was taken against her despite complaints and media revelations.
New violence hits Sri Lanka, 3 rebels killed, 3 soldiers hurt, 6 villagers found dead
(AP)
24 April 2006
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan government forces shot and killed three ethnic Tamil rebels in two separate incidents in the country’s troubled northeast after the insurgents lobbed hand grenades at the soldiers, the Defence Ministry said.
Police also found the bodies of six villagers in the same district of Trincomalee, area police chief Rohan Abeywardana said.
Another police officer said the stabbing victims were Sinhalese, members of Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority. The bodies had multiple stab wounds, said the officer, who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
An upsurge in violence has left at least 75 people dead this month, 40 of them soldiers or police, placing a four-year-old cease-fire in jeopardy.
Peace talks aimed at strengthening the faltering cease-fire have been thrown into question after the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam backed out of the latest round - scheduled to start Monday in Geneva - citing attacks on ethnic Tamils and other disputes with the government.
Earlier Sunday, troops manning a checkpoint in the town of Kantalai stopped two men. “One of them threw a hand grenade that wounded a security man,” military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said. The troops retaliated, killing the pair, he said.
In another incident, rebels threw hand grenades at troops on patrol near Trincomalee, 215 kilometers (135 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo, Samarasinghe said. The troops fired back, killing one rebel, he said.
On Thursday, the rebels announced they had pulled out of peace talks with the government scheduled for April 24-25 in Geneva, citing increasing attacks on Tamil civilians.
The Tamil Tigers began fighting the government in 1983, demanding a separate Tamil homeland and accusing the Sinhalese-dominated government of discrimination. The war left 65,000 people dead before the cease-fire.