Police indentifies 15 LTTE suspects involved in terrorist attacks in Kandy

Indika Polkotuwa

Fifteen LTTE terrorist suspects out of a total of 41 who were arrested in connection with various terrorist activities in Kandy and suburbs in the hill country have been identified as those who had returned to their former hide-outs after the ceasefire agrement was signed, by the police intelligence.

41 LTTE suspects apprehended from the hill country on various terrorist acts are being interrogated under detention custody.

Police intelligence has further established that a large number of Tamil youths from Digana, Ambakotewatte, Galaha and Rathtota who had gone to Kelinochchi and Mullativu had joined the LTTE. A substantial numbers of them have later reterned to the hill country.

Those LTTEers who are in the police custody are suspected to be involved in the large-scale terrorist acts such as assassination of DIG/STF, Upul Seneviratne, attempted assassinations of Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and Douglas Devananda, has bomb explosions at Dambulla and Polgolla, blast of transformers in the hill country, the police investigation have revaled.