LTTE DRAMA ON ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN FROM “SAFE ZONE” DEPRIVES ADULT’S LIFE; ALL THREE TERRORISTS KILLED

MULLAITTIVU: AN ADVENTUROUS act of a Tamil adult who sacrificed his own life in defence of innocent children flocking into the “Safe Zone” declared for civilians was reported this morning (01) from MULLAITTIVU.

The drama started with the entry of three LTTE terrorists with weapons into the “Safe Zone” and attempted to abduct children for conscription to the LTTE organization which is now short of fighting cadres.

But that terrorist act was instantly objected by the displaced people at the location generating a heated argument between them and the terrorists.

The verbal tussle reached its climax when the terrorists ignored the public protest and repeatedly attempted to take some children forcibly away.

In the melee, one of the elderly men snatched the weapon of a terrorist and went on firing at those three LTTE terrorists who showed up to conscript minors who had sought safety inside the “Safe Zone”.

Gun shots fired by the angry adult killed all three terrorists on the spot and the situation calmed down afterwards.

However, the senior citizen who tried himself to give protection to children also received injuries in the LTTE retaliatory fire and succumbed to injuries later on.

Several aid and relief agency workers have openly condemned the LTTE act at the venue itself and had subsequently alerted their capital-based headquarters on the gruesome incident.

It is believed the slain adult who objected to the child conscription would have been given forcible and compulsory weapon training by the LTTE before he entered the “Safe Zone” after deserting the terrorist organization.

Source: SL Army