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Children used for LTTE human shield
Ground troops determined to liberate Vakarai civilians
The LTTE is holding children and elders at two
schools housing IDPs using them as a human shield to fire at the
Security Forces in uncleared Vakarai area. "These civilians are
being forcibly held by the LTTE cadres at the Vikneshwaran
Vidyalayam and Tamil Maha Vidyalayam so that they would not flee and
keep their human shield intact," spokesman for the Media Centre for
National Security Major Upali Rajapaksa told the Daily News.
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Six injured in LTTE claymore blast
Five police personnel and a civilian were
injured when a claymore mine targetting a police van prematurely
exploded near the Akkaraipattu Hospital at around 10.35 a.m. in
Akkaraipattu.
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