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News from Tamil Eelam
Urgent Press Release LTTE Headquarters SRI LANKAN AIRFORCE BOMBS REFUGEE SETTLEMENT: 22 CIVILIANS KILLED IN RETALIATORY ATTACKS Twenty two Tamil refugees, including women, children and elderly, were blown to pieces and thirty three persons were seriously injured when combat aircrafts of the Sri Lankan Airforce launched a sudden and brutal attack on civilian targets at Puthukudirrupu in Mullaitivu district of northern Sri Lanka. Widely regarded as a retaliatory attack for the humiliating military debacle at Mannar this weekend where Sri Lankan army suffered heavy losses in the ground battle, Sri Lankan airforce unleashed its vengeance on innocent Tamil civilians in a refugee settlement and a market near Puthukudirruppu. Israeli made Kfir supersonic aircrafts made a sudden, swift and unprovoked attack on the refugee population who gathered at the market place for morning shopping. More than 50 huts of the refugee settlement were completely destroyed and several shops at the adjoining market were razed to the ground. The gory scene was littered with dismembered parts of human bodies of children, women and elderly persons. The incident occurred at 10.30a.m today. (Released by the International Secretariat of LTTE, 211 Katherine Rd, London E6 1BU, United Kingdom. Tel : 0181-503 4294) |