News from Tamil Eelam - 28 December 1997
	
SRI LANKAN ARMY CAMP FALLS TO LTTE
	LTTE forces on Saturday launched an assault on the Jayanthy army camp
	(in Batticaloa district) and brought it under control after 30
	minutes. 2 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed while the rest fled in
	panic. Some arms and ammunition were captured. 5 LTTE fighters died
	during the attack.
	
EPRLF LOSE 7 ARMED MEMBERS
	LTTE forces on Friday counter attacked a group of armed EPRLF men
	working for the Sinhalese army who had come to attack the LTTE. The
	group had come to Eravur-Punnaikuda (Batticaloa) to launch an attack
	when the LTTE counter ambushed them killing 7 members of the mercenary
	forces. Some arms and ammunition were captured while LTTE forces did
	not suffer any casualties.
	
OCCUPYING ARMY SHOOTS TAMIL YOUTH
	Sinhalese armed forces on Thursday shot dead Jogarajah an innocent
	eighteen-year-old Tamil youth in Madduvil (Jaffna) as he was reading
	the local election poster. The armed forces then claimed that the
	youth was tearing the poster and that they found a hand grenade in his
	possession.
	
TAMIL CIVILIAN LOSES LEG IN ARMY LANDMINE
	46-yearold Rasaiyah Selvarajah lost his right leg as a landmine buried
	by the Sri Lankan army exploded. The incident happened when he walked
	in the outer precincts of Periya-ammal hindu temple in Mallakam
	(Jaffna).
	
LTTE CASUALITIES
	On 18th of December, 5 LTTE fighters died while confronting the
	occupying Sinhalese forces during an army round up of
	Kovilsanthai-Karaiveddy areas (Jaffna). The dead LTTE fighters are:
	Major Elilarasan, Capt. Ilavarasan, 2nd Lt. Karuvelan, 2nd Lt.
	Banugopan, and  Lt. Vanan.
	
	4 LTTE fighters died on the 16th of December in a clash with the
	Sinhalese armed forces during a round up in Vadamarachchy (Jaffna).
	The LTTE fighters who died are: Lt. Colonel Aruchchuna, Major
	Thenamuthan, LTTE fighter Karunan and 2nd Lt. Mahendran.
	
	Last Monday LTTE Lt. Kanthasamy died in a clash with the Sinhalese
	forces during an army round up in Karaiveddy (Jaffna).
	
	On 11th of December, Capt. Maran and Lt. Karuna died in a
	confrontation with the occupying  Sinhalese forces in Alvai (Jaffna).
	
	On Friday LTTE fighter Nilavan died in an accident in Vanni.
	
(English translation of the news released by LTTE International Secretariat,
211 Katherine Road, London E6 1BU, United Kingdom.Tel:0181- 503 4294)