Another militant Tamil group to carry arms against LTTE in Sri Lanka

EROS, an anti-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group has announced that section of its members will carry arms for their own protection and prevent human rights violations like “the intimidation and forceful recruitment of children and adults”.

“Our armed wing will remain in operation until the day the LTTE decides to disarm and hand-over all their weapons to the authorities,” the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students said in a press statement published in a website called Tamil affairs .com

According to the press statement it will be the second group of militants who will be carrying arms against the LTTE. The TMVP or Karuna faction is already carrying arms against the LTTE.

Read more,

http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/

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and

http://tamilaffairs.com/node/231

Read about EROS in wikipedia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students