Army rescues LTTE child soldier - Mannar
Sri Lanka army soldiers battling against terror defences on the
Mannar battlefront yesterday (June 9) found a 17 year old Tamil child
soldier inside a captured terror bunker in the Alanlulama area.
According to the defence sources in the area, troops found the female
Child Soldier in hapless condition following their attack at five LTTE
strong points in Alanakulama , North of Giant Tank last morning.
Exposing yet another instance of exploitation of children by LTTE, the
Child Soldier revealed that she was
forcibly conscripted and deployed by the LTTE to guard its Forward
Defences on the Mannar front .
The Child Soldier speaking to defence.lk special correspondent in
Mannar, has revealed that she was from Kilinochchi and was abducted in
2006 while returning from the Hindu Temple in her village.
" They (LTTE) gave me one half months of weapon
training and directly put into the battle with others " she said. Asked
why she could not dessert the outfit she reveled that she was
transported to the warfront blind folded and barely had any clue where
they really were .
" They (LTTE) just drop us to the bunkers, and give
something to eat for the meals , that's all" , she said.
Inquired about the other members of the outfit , she
told that all the members who were killed at the battle were like her.
" All of them had been forcibly conscripted by them
(LTTE). None of then wanted to die like this " she added.
According to the defence authorities in the area , the
Child Soldier would be handed over to the Child Rehabilitation centre
following the inquiries.
LTTE is a terrorist outfit which has its name under
the UN list of shame for using child soldiers for terrorist attacks for
years. Despite the repetitive pledges given by its leader, V.
Prabhakaran that he would release the children, he still maintains the
infamous "baby brigade " with a estimated strength 6000 children.
Fuelled by extreme tribalism by its megalomaniac leader, LTTE
terrorists are fighting a bloody war against Sri Lankan citizen since
1983 for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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