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Activities of GoSL operated forces 22-24 August

Kandaih Ganesalingam (34), a business man from Urupirai in Jaffna was shot dead when he went to Chunnakam during the period of few hours when curfew was lifted in Jaffna. There have been several such shooting in Jaffna of civilians who ventured out when the continuous curfew in place for 10 days in Jaffna is lifted for a few hours each day.

Raveenthirarasa (32) who went hunting in Periyapuliyankulam in Vavuniya was shot dead by the Sri Lankan military deep penetration unit. Raveenthirarasa left home on 22 August afternoon. His family went searching when he did not return home for the night and discovered his body.

On 22 August SLA attempted to move forward at the Vadamunai area in Batticaloa. LTTE returned defensive fire. SLA gave up the attempt but as they withdrew they shot dead two civilian.

Bodies of two women were washed ashore along the shores of Punguduthivu islet off the coast of Jaffna peninsula on 21 August. They may have been boat people from Mannar trying to flee to Tamil Nadu.

Shanmugaraja Suthakar (35), a threewheel driver from Parathipuram in Trincomalee was shot and killed by two people on a motorbike at 4.00 pm on 23 August at the Kadatkarai junction.

Body of Navaratnam Singarasa who was abducted on 22 August by people who arrived at his home in Negambo was found with three gunshot wounds to his head on 23 August. The abductors took him away saying that they are from the police. The victim is from Vellankerni in Jaffna.

EPDP members waylays a bus and threatens passengers

On 21 August, a bus load of passengers traveling in bus belonging to the state run bus service from Mannar to Vavuniya was stopped at a location, Kurumankady very near Vavuniya town.

Four bearded men entered the bus. One of them appeared only 15 years old. The four men demanded that all the passengers buy a copy of the newspaper “Thinamurasu”, a publication of the EPDP political party which is a coalition partner with the GoSL.

The cost demanded by the four men was Rs20.00. Those who said they do not have the money to buy the paper were told that they must get off the bus for inquiry. Fearing this, because the bus had been stopped only 100 metres from an SLA post, people borrowed money from fellow passengers to buy the paper.

24 August 2006

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