LTTE massacre of 400 policemen in 1990 to be probed shortly
The massacre by the LTTE of 401 policemen who surrendered to the outfit on the orders of the Premadasa government in 1990 in the Eastern Province is to be investigated after a lapse of 18 years.
The government has decided to probe the mass murder in response to appeals from the family members of the victims, according to the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS).
Police personnel serving in Ampara, Trincomalee and Batticaloa were ordered to lay down arms and give themselves up by the then UNP government, which was struggling to salvage a fragile ceasefire with the LTTE, when the LTTE laid siege to many police stations in the area.
The police were ready to fight back, but they were not in a position to defy the government order to surrender.
The LTTE raided the police stations, seized all the weapons and ammunition, bundled the captives into police vehicles and drove away into the jungle. Thereafter, the police personnel including officers were ordered to dig their own graves, lined up and mowed down.
Although the government places the number of policemen killed at 401, police sources say, it could be as high as 600 and a full scale probe is needed to establish the actual number.
Read more,
http://www.island.lk/2008/06/14/news15.html
The government has decided to probe the mass murder in response to appeals from the family members of the victims, according to the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS).
Police personnel serving in Ampara, Trincomalee and Batticaloa were ordered to lay down arms and give themselves up by the then UNP government, which was struggling to salvage a fragile ceasefire with the LTTE, when the LTTE laid siege to many police stations in the area.
The police were ready to fight back, but they were not in a position to defy the government order to surrender.
The LTTE raided the police stations, seized all the weapons and ammunition, bundled the captives into police vehicles and drove away into the jungle. Thereafter, the police personnel including officers were ordered to dig their own graves, lined up and mowed down.
Although the government places the number of policemen killed at 401, police sources say, it could be as high as 600 and a full scale probe is needed to establish the actual number.
Read more,
http://www.island.lk/2008/06/14/news15.html
No comments:
Post a Comment