LTTE Headquarters,
                                                Tamil Eelam.
                                                04. August 1997

PRESS RELEASE 
NEWS FROM TAMIL EELAM
                                           
LTTE ACQUIRES MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ON SRI LANKAN CASUALTIES
	Intelligence reports obtained from Sri Lanka's military high
	command confirm that 135 Sinhalese troops were killed - and over
	400 injured - when LTTE forces breached the military's
	fortifications at Omanthai and Irampaikulam on Friday night.
	According to these reports, casualties sustained by Sri Lanka's
	armed forces break down as follows:
	
	Police force -- 66
	Army -- 49
	Navy -- 14
	Airforce -- 6
	
TEEDOR MAKES DRINKING WATER AVAILABLE
	Residents of Mavadikulam (Puthukudiyiruppu) no longer have to
	walk miles to find water now that TEEDOR has invested part of its
	funds into deepening local dry water wells and ponds. Before
	TEEDOR's intervention people were trekking long distances to
	obtain water to drink and there was  not enough water locally to
	graze cattle. TEEDOR is now working on further schemes to take
	the edge off Sri Lanka's deliberately-imposed hardships on Tamils
	in Vanni.
	
TAMIL SCHOOL BURNT OUT
	The Kanakarayankulam maha vidyalam (school) and everything inside
	is completely burnt out from sustained Sri Lankan army shelling
	and aerial bombing. Mi24s and Kfir jets regularly targeted the
	school building which is now in ruins. Throughout their genocidal
	assault Sinhala armed forces have deliberately focused artillery
	and bombs on Tamil schools, places of worship and public
	buildings.
	
Political Committee,
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
	
(English translation of the LTTE statement released by LTTE
International Secretariat, 211 Katherine Road, London E6 1BU,
United Kingdom.  Tel:0181- 503 4294)