More claymores among Tuesday’s recoveries
Army troops during search and clear operations in the general areas
of Periyathampanai, Sinna Pandiparichchan, Sugandipuram, Devapuram
Iramnamadu, Adampan, Mullayaveli and Puthukkudiyiruppu recovered 168
anti-personnel mines, seven 60 mm mortar bombs, six 120 mm mortar bombs,
thirty-four 81 mm mortar bombs, 11 rocket propelled grenades (RPG), 260
RPG propellers, fifty 81 mm mortar chargers, one claymore mine weighing
about 2.5 kg, five claymore mines of 1 kg each, three hundred and seven
81 mm Para bombs, four hundred and sixty rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition,
750 lt of kerosene, 53 kg of C-4 explosives, twenty-eight unidentified
chemical bottles of 3 liters each, two liquid cyanide bottles containing
2 liters each, one unidentified chemical can with 20 liters, ten
unidentified chemical cans containing 1 liter, one kerosene can
containing 5 liter, one gas cylinder, eighty-five acid cans containing 6
liters each, thirteen acid cans containing 20 liters each, twelve acid
cans containing 10 liters each, two nitric acid cans containing 30
liters each, three hundred and eighty nitric acid cans containing 2.5
liters each, three hand grenades, one 5.56 weapon, one 5.56 magazine and
seventeen rounds of 5.56mm ammunition on Tuesday. |