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Army destroys LTTE earth
bund and enters Puthumattalan:
Human Avalanche
Over 35,000 cross over to Government controlled
area:
Around 20,000 more await evacuation:
Troops attached to 58 Division engaged in the
biggest ever hostage rescue mission in the military history,
yesterday ended the months’ long forcible detention of tens of
thousands civilians by the LTTE, after entering the No Fire Zone in
the early hours of yesterday with the capture of the three km long
Tiger earth bund in Puthumattalan and Ampalavanpokkanai, military
sources told the Daily News.
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Just half an hour!
Following the huge influx of civilians into the
Army controlled areas from the No Fire Zone through out yesterday,
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called upon the international
community to exert pressure on Prabhakaran to let him grant freedom
of movement for just half an hour.
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New 24 hr ultimatum to LTTE
Military offensive continues:
The Security Forces will continue their military
operations until it rescues the last civilian held hostage by the
LTTE and the last LTTE leader is killed or surrenders to the
Security Forces, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told the
Daily News yesterday.
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