LTTE Ordeal at Omanthai with Escaped Fishermen; Three Dead & Five Rescued

A STRING OF INDISCRIMINATE Tiger terrorist fire attacks on a group of fleeing LTTE abducted and detained fisherfolk Wednesday (26) mid-noon in a jungle location, about 2 km to the east of OMANTHAI Entry/Exit point, claimed the lives of three of them and injured three more.

Troops stationed surrounding this Entry/Exit point managed to rescue five more, effectively responding to the enemy fire while that group of eleven Sinhalese detainees were on the flee, amidst a rain of Tiger bullets that were directed towards those escapees.

The story behind the tragedy records back to 10th February and 2nd March 2007 when LTTE Sea Tigers caught and abducted fourteen fishermen of KALPITIYA, NEGOMBO and TANGALLE areas while they were fishing some 20 nautical miles off KALPITIYA, PUTTALAM.

Tiger terrorists have at first taken those fishermen to ARIPPU by force. Later, terrorists have forced those abductees to undergo rigorous hard work as labourers after confining them to VISHWAMADU area in MULLAITIVU, but their determination to run away from the grip of LTTE terrorists never wavered, according to an escapee.

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