On
December 29, security forces (SFs) reportedly recovered
three claymore mines laid by the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
to target SF personnel, from the Paraynakulam and
Sunny village areas of Mannar district.
A day
earlier, LTTE cadres lobbed a hand grenade towards
SFs in the Kuppilan area of Jaffna district, injuring
two SF personnel. In a similar incident, another
soldier was injured in a grenade attack by the LTTE
in the Eluthumadduwal area of the same district.
Further,
a Police constable was shot at and injured by ‘pistol
gang’ cadres of the LTTE in the Batticaloa district
Meanwhile,
the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has urged
the Sri Lankan Government and LTTE to resume high-level
talks immediately, while warning that the country
could go back to war.
The
SLMM chief, Hagrup Haukland, stated, "The December
27 attack on the security forces on Jaffna Peninsula
was yet another attack, not only on the security
forces, but also on the Cease Fire Agreement and
the peace process as a whole… If this trend of violence
is allowed to continue, war may not be far | 
