06-19-2004, 06:17 AM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>இன்றுகூட இந்து பத்திரிகையில் தொபிகல காட்டுப்பிரதேச சண்டைபற்றிய செய்தி வெளியாகியிருக்கின்றது.. யார் சொல்லுவது உண்மை..?</span>
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Karuna's force clashes with LTTE </span>
By V.S. Sambandan
COLOMBO, JUNE 18. A fresh bout of uncertainty has hit Sri Lanka's fragile eastern Batticaloa district following reports of a clash between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and fighters led by its former special commander, V. Muralitharan (`Col. Karuna) earlier this week.
The details of the clash, which, according to defence sources, took place in the Thoppigala jungles of rebel-held Batticaloa, are not available. The exact number of those killed is also not known, with contradictory reports reaching the Government, placing the figure between three and 15.
Security sources told The Hindu that the fighting took place when Karuna's group "either ambushed or attacked'' some LTTE vehicles which had crossed into rebel-held territory sometime between the midnight of Sunday (June 12) and early morning Monday.
One security source placed the toll at 15 killed, of whom "12 or 13'' are said to be from the LTTE and the remaining from Karuna's fighters.
Another report placed the number of dead in the fighting at "just two or three.'' According to information available with the security forces, "no senior leader'' was reported killed in the ambush.
Neither the LTTE, nor Karuna's supporters could be reached for comment.
A senior defence official said while there was "some loss of life, we have no clear idea'' as the incident was within LTTE-held Batticaloa.
http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/19/stories/20...61901921300.htm
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Karuna's force clashes with LTTE </span>
By V.S. Sambandan
COLOMBO, JUNE 18. A fresh bout of uncertainty has hit Sri Lanka's fragile eastern Batticaloa district following reports of a clash between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and fighters led by its former special commander, V. Muralitharan (`Col. Karuna) earlier this week.
The details of the clash, which, according to defence sources, took place in the Thoppigala jungles of rebel-held Batticaloa, are not available. The exact number of those killed is also not known, with contradictory reports reaching the Government, placing the figure between three and 15.
Security sources told The Hindu that the fighting took place when Karuna's group "either ambushed or attacked'' some LTTE vehicles which had crossed into rebel-held territory sometime between the midnight of Sunday (June 12) and early morning Monday.
One security source placed the toll at 15 killed, of whom "12 or 13'' are said to be from the LTTE and the remaining from Karuna's fighters.
Another report placed the number of dead in the fighting at "just two or three.'' According to information available with the security forces, "no senior leader'' was reported killed in the ambush.
Neither the LTTE, nor Karuna's supporters could be reached for comment.
A senior defence official said while there was "some loss of life, we have no clear idea'' as the incident was within LTTE-held Batticaloa.
http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/19/stories/20...61901921300.htm
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