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Continuous attacks on LTTE members in East pose serious threat to CFA

Batticaloa-Amparai district Women Political Wing Head, Kuveni, along with Sasimathi and Ahanila were travelling in a trishaw from Kokkaddicholai to Thangavelauthapuram, when unknown men who came in a motorbike opened fire at them near Thambiluvil mortuary at 6.00 pm, wounding them seriously. They were admitted to the hospital in critical conditions.

Attacks on our unarmed officials engaged in political activities in the SLA controlled areas is a clear violation of the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA).

One of the attackers, who intercepted the trishaw carrying the LTTE officials and launched the attack on them, was seen fleeing into the nearby Sri Lanka Army camp after the attack.

The Special Task Force (STF) personnel carry out thorough check on all the vehicles passing that road. It is therefore highly impossible for the paramilitary operatives to carry out such an attack on that road without the co-operation of the STF.

While the continuous attacks in the Batticaloa-Amparai districts with the facilitation and the co-operation of the Sri Lankan armed forces will largely endanger the restarting of the stalled peace initiatives, and the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities for our people affected by the tsunami disaster, we fear that such attacks could result in far reaching consequences on the three-year long ceasefire agreement.

Such attacks are clearly intended to provoke the Tamil people and the LTTE, who maintain severe restraint despite having lost senior officials and cadres to such traitorous attacks during the period of ceasefire.

We, therefore, appeal the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) to carry out thorough investigations on the incident and make the International Community aware of its findings and the dire consequences such attacks could result.

02 March 2005

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