Police uncover explosives in house of ex-LTTE militant
Posted by Editor on October 13, 2019 - 8:24 am
The police have uncovered explosives and weapons from a house of a an ex-LTTE militant in Kilinochchi, the Police Media said.
They said that initially the 36-year-old former LTTE member was arrested with a T-56 weapon and later when his house was searched, the following military items were found. The suspect’s wife and sister were also taken into police custody.
The result
Several types of hand grenades – 5
A stock of C-4 explosives
Several types of live ammunition – 230
Automatic rifle -1
Magazine – 1
Detonator – 62
A knife
A GPS
A camera
Bino
A Laptop
Mobile phones – 4
T-shirt with slain LTTE chief Prabhakaran – 4
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No wonder TNA have been demanding that the military move out of the North and the East of our country!
Are they rounding up their own troops
( LTTE terrorists) here and abroad?
UNP is responsible for this happening!
So where are the comments from EU, UK, UN?
Is this how the Tamil community is committed to RECONCILIATION, or is it a one-sided process?
This is the third incident involving LTTE and explosives in North and East in a few months.
People who think this is a political tactic should reconsider, as LTTE members have just been arrested in Malaysia.
Their recent fund transactions may be
indicative of regrouping and activation of LTTE.
Army needs to return to North and East to protect the country.
Those who protest this clearly have their own agenda….
This happened when Yaha Palanaya is ruling the country. This is the exact reason why TNA like Yaha Palanaya to be continued. So the ‘Business will be as usual’.