TNA MP dead following claymore attack

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TNA Jaffna district MP K. Sivanesan died following a claymore attack targeting his vehicle at Kanagarayakulam in Wanni this afternoon. His driver also died in the attack. He was on his way to Killinochchi at the time of the blast.

Two LTTE operatives arrested in South Indian

A close relative of Soosai , the leader of Sea Tigers, rudimentary marine wing of the LTTE and another hard core Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) member have been arrested by the Tamil Nadu authorities for building Indian Rupees 4.2 million worth boat in the South Indian state of Kerala.

Indian intelligence sources have indicated that the boat mostly finished in a Kerala boatyard near Kochin harbour was ordered to be built to beef up the now tottering power of the Sea Tigers who are engaged in gun and drug running across the narrow Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. They have lost many vessels in the ongoing conflict with the Sri Lankan security forces.

Tamil Nadu police authorities have identified the two men arrested as Premraj alias Raj alias Dorai Kutty (48) a close relative of Soosai and Diesel Kumar alias Kumar one of the 17 terrorists who took cyanide after Sri Lanka Navy arrested them in 1987 for gun running near Jaffna. Diesel Kumar's 12 colleagues died after biting cyanide pills but Kumar was one of the five who survived and later released.

The arrests of the two were made on Monday by the Tamil Nadu Police on the information provided to them by the Intelligence Bureau.

Ship being taken to Sri Lankan shores

The Navy says it is monitoring the movements of a “suspicious” ship 150 Nautical Miles off the Eastern coast. It has been found that a large number of people are on board of the ship and authorities are trying to figure out whether it was into human smuggling or smuggling weapons to LTTE.

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Another claymore mine explosion in Vavuniya

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LTTE terrorists continued their second claymore explosion for the day in Vavuniya, around 4.50 p.m. today (2nd March). The claymore bomb fixed push bicycle had been parked near wayside of a shop at "Sanasa Junction" in Wirapuliyankulam - Vavuniya.

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LTTE terrorists exploded a claymore in Vavuniya

LTTE terrorists exploded a claymore mine at Pompemadu in Vavuniya today. The explosion took place around 7.20 a.m. targeting a group of Army personnel who were performing duties in the area.

Due to the explosion one soldier reported killed, defence reports said.

Army troops conducted a search operation in the area subsequent to the incident, defence reports further added.


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MAS Linea Aqua donates Rs. 1 million

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MAS Linea Aqua private limited, subsidiary of MAS holdings has donated 1 Million rupees to the Api Venuwen Api Fund yesterday (February 28). Retired Colonel Rohan Anthony, the Group Human Resources Manager of MAS Holdings, handed over the cheque to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Ministry premises last evening.

Api Venuwen Api Fund is a welfare fund established Ministry of Defence to build 50,000 houses for war heroes. Under this project 1620 houses are being constructed at Ipalogama in Kakirawa.

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