Saturday, August 9, 2008

LTTE continue to conscript children, fleeing civilians reveal

English Version,

Source,
http://www.youtube.com/user/sinhahada

sinhala Version,


"Prabhakaran's children were sent to schools in the West, our children are denied education and sent to battle."

Civilians arriving in the liberated areas in North seeking protection of the security forces after escaping from the grip of Tiger terrorists are accusing the LTTE for continuous forcible conscription of children as combatants.

It is also reported that the LTTE terrorists have intensified their campaign to conscript children as they are rapidly losing ground to the advancing troops of the security forces.

News reports from the Wanni battle front indicate that the LTTE has used the Thavanpiddi Waddakkandhal school premises to train children in combat activities. They have also built a separate facility at the main hall of the school for special training and named it Mahaweera Hall. It has been built to display bodies of child soldiers who were killed in fighting.

The LTTE has removed the roof of the school building. They have also ordered that text books issued to schools in the north to be destroyed, civilian sources revealed.

Read more,
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7HBDZQ?OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P
Video Source,
SLRC

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