LTTE Fires At Civilians At Kallar, Trincomalee
The LTTE terrorists fired artillery at the Somadevi
School at 11.30 a.m, today, Thursday the 7th of December injuring a teacher and 11 school children. They have been
admitted to the Kantale hospital and two children received severe
injures out of them. Some of the seriously injured have been airlifted to
the Anuradhapura hospital with the assistance of SL Air Force.
LTTE terrorists again began shelling the same area at
12.20 p.m killing three including a ten year old child and two
civilians of the village. This provocative artillery fire is expected
to continue as it is the usual practice of the LTTE Terrorists in a
desperate bid to get cheap propaganda mileage.
It has been the practice for the LTTE terrorists to take
positions in the midst of people and fire small arms or hurl grenades at
the Security Forces expecting them to retaliate. When such incidents do
occur troops even prejudicing their lives refrain from retaliation as
they are aware of what the Tigers really intend to achieve.
The motive behind this use of people as a cover is
clear. Troops are also well aware that pro-LTTE media outlets have prepared
their propaganda in advance expecting troops to retaliate so that they
could blame the Security Forces for any loss of civilian life.
The LTTE terrorists have now gone a step further. They now
locate their artillery in the densely populated areas so that Troops
will retaliate with artillery or indirect fire . This cynical plan of
the LTTE is also known to troops in the operational area.
The tiger pattern of firing at the village and the
school was brought to the notice of ICRC, SLMM and the UN
representatives in the area and requested that the tigers were
instructed to keep the civilians away from their gun positions to avoid
any casualties to them during retaliatory fire.
Latest Videos of the Incident
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Injured
Child's Speech
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School Teacher's Speech About Incident
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Visuals of Injured Children at Kallar
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