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Several CBOs condemn the attack in Selvanayakapuram

Following is excerpts from the statement issued by the consortium of Civilian Based Organizations.

“Tamil people are mourning the death of four people including, Dikkan, a the senior LTTE leader. This barbaric act by the security forces is a ceasefire violation and an effort to force war on the Tamil people.

The entire Trincomalee town is militarised and security posts are set up in each street. No-one can commit murders like the Trincomalee murders and escape this security network. We therefore consider these murders an aspect of the state terrorism. State should not try to cover this up with lies. With this act peace has been hung to death.

Incidents like this continue to occur in the east and they are carried out by the security forces with help of other paramilitary groups. Government is simply watching it. This shows the disinterest of the government in peace. If Tamil people are to live in peace and happiness the security forces must leave the Tamil homeland. This is the only way to stop incidents like this happening. Government must take all the responsibility for the outcome of incidents like the Trincomalee murder”.

Following is excerpts from the statement issued by the Vadamaradchi Federation for National Uprising.

“The murders in Selvanayakapuram in Trincomalee is a brutal act of the Sri Lankan security forces. We want to bring this to the notice of the international community.

International community has come to understand the calibre of the cadres of LTTE that has taken forward the struggle for freedom of the Tamil people as its sole representatives. They also know the justice and sincerity of our struggle.

Our people and our National leader have exercised patience even when there is no normalcy in people’s lives three years after the ceasefire agreement and even on the face of murders of our cadres, intellectuals and journalists who speak the truth.

International community must realise that LTTE had been patient on the face of provocation by the security forces that is trying to draw LTTE into a war.

Tamil people maintained this patience even when a Buddhist statue was erected under the cover of night in Trincomalee, the capital of Tamil homeland, to inflame the feelings of Tamils and start the war.

In this same capital city, the security forces have murdered a senior LTTE leader, Dikkan, and three others who did not carry weapons even for their own protection. Government must take responsibility for this traitorous act of the security forces”.

Following is excerpts from the statement issued by the Consortium of fishermen societies:

“We warn that there will be serious repercussions if the government fails to take action on the Trincomalee murders of a senior LTTE leader, Dikkan, and three others. The assassins have come in their vehicle and escaped with assistance from the security forces. We severely condemn the action. Government and the military must come forward to identify the people who committed the murders and take strong action against them. We pay homage to the LTTE martyrs who died in the incident”.

12 July 2005

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