Two
more EPRLF members killed, intelligence Officer injured in Eastern Sri Lanka
[September 16, 2003 - 9.30
GMT]
Two
EPRLF members were killed while an Army intelligence officer was shot and
injured allegedly by LTTE cadres, Batticoloa police said yesterday.
23-year
old Neelan Suhendran, a former EPRLF Razik group member was hacked to death
by an unidentified group on Sunday night in Batticaloa.
The
other EPRLF member, Kamal Nithiyanahtan was shot dead allegedly by a member
of LTTE pistol gang in Batticaloa last night.
In
Batticaloa, another Army intelligence officer, Pushparasa was admitted to
hospital after being shot by suspected LTTE cadres on Saturday, September
13.
Meanwhile,
LTTE have reportedly chased away gymnasts who were training for the opening
ceremony of the 29th National Sports Festival in Jaffna. This was
in protest of Sports Ministry plans to hold the festival in the north.
Tamileelam
Sports Co-ordinating Committee said in a statement that the Sports
Ministry’s decision to hold the festival in Jaffna is an act against the
‘feelings of Tamil people’.
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