Troops directed small arms and mortar fire
targeting
the
Liberation
Tigers
of
Tamil
Eelam
(LTTE)
militants
on
several
occasions
in
the
Akkarayankulam
area
of
Kilinochchi
district
on
October
25,
inflicting
heavy
casualties
the
outfit.
At Kalmadu, the security forces (SFs) destroyed
several
LTTE
bunkers
and
captured
the
area
killing
and
injuring
an
unspecified
number
of
militants.
Separately, in the north of Kunchankulam, the
troops
clashes
with
the
LTTE
militants
and
inflicted
casualties
upon
them.
At least five LTTE bunkers were destroyed by
the
SFs
in
Mullaitivu.
Troops
also
claimed
to
have
inflicted
heavy
damages
to
the
outfit.
Also, troops observed an LTTE vehicle convoy
and
some
militants
in
the
Andankulam
area
of
Vavuniya
district
and
inflicted
casualties
to
the
outfit.
Meanwhile, a suspected LTTE militant lobbed
a
hand
grenade
at
Al-Husiniya
Mosque
in
the
Kaththankudy
area
of
Batticaloa
district.
The
explosion
injured
five
civilians.
Further, troops recovered one T-56 weapon,
a
magazine
and
30
T-56
rounds
of
ammunition
from
the
Chippihidal
area
of
Trincomalee
district.
Daily News reports that a suspected LTTE woman
cadre,
Sivalingum
Thiruweli,
who
was
taken
into
custody
two
months
ago
at
Kalpitiya
and
now
identified
as
a
suicide
cadre,
had
come
to
launch
an
attack
on
a
VIP.
The
suspected
woman
had
come
to
Kalpitiya
from
Batticaloa
two
years
ago.
She
had
frequently
visited
the
work
site
where
the
coal
plant
is
scheduled
to
be
established
at
Kalpitiya
aiming
to
gather
information
for
her
target.
According
to
Power
and
Energy
Ministry
sources,
the
Minister
of
Power
and
Energy
visit
the
work
site
frequently
for
inspection
tours
of
the
on
going
work.
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