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IN AN INTENSIFIED CLAYMORE ATTACK WAVE TAMIL TIGERS KILL TWO CONSTABLES AND INJURE 7 OTHERS IN NALLUR 2 MORE KILLED AND 3 INJURED ELSEWHERE

By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed two policemen and severely injured seven others including a civilian in one of their latest beefed up wave of claymore bomb attacks in and around Jaffna peninsula.

In this latest attack in Nallur, the terrorist group also known as Tamil Tigers killed two police constables, PC 37096 Rohana and PC 29409 Shanmugan, defense ministry sources said.
The terrorists targeted an official vehicle taking the police personnel at Nawalady Road near Chetty Street in Nallur, Jaffna by exploding a claymore mine hidden somewhere by the side of the road about 1.45 p.m. July 12 the reports said.

In this blast six more police personnel and a civilian were injured the report added.
The LTTE controlled website Tamil Net claimed, “The vehicle has been destroyed in the attack caused by the "side-charger" Claymore explosion.”

Claymore mines are plastic containers in which high explosive plastic c4 material is packed with ball bearings and exploded remotely and are usually kept on the ground or tied to a tree. In a bomb usually a steel plate is placed to hurl the ball bearing missiles in one direction to target troops, civilians or a vehicle. The missiles travel at high speed and are able to pierce vehicles such as the bus carrying civilians at Kebithigollewa that killed 65 and this police vehicle.

While intensifying the wave of claymore bomb attacks the LTTE claimed it had caught a Karuna group recruit who was trying to place a claymore bomb in side their territory with the help of the Sri Lanka Army. They even claimed the Kebithigollewa civilian attack was the work of the Sri Lanka government.

Meanwhile the army situation report said one soldier received minor injuries in a claymore bomb attack at Udippidy while the LTTE website Tamil Net confirmed the incident. The army report said: “one soldier sustained minor injuries when a claymore mine exploded at UDUPPILI, VELVETTITHURAI, JAFFNA around 8.40 a.m. (July12). The injured soldier belonged to a group on foot patrol duty”

The Tamilnet also reported the killing of a Sri Lanka Army soldier July 11: “A Sri Lanka Army soldier was killed and two others were injured in a claymore mine blast on Kodikamam – Point Pedro road in the Jaffna peninsula, around 9.30 a.m., (July 11). The mine was set off about 500 meters from the Kodikamam junction, targeting the troops on a road clearing operation. The wounded soldiers were transported to Sri Lanka Army base hospital at Palaly.”

The LTTE also added sniper power to their wave of claymore bomb violence in the Jaffna peninsula killing security personnel. The army situation report said, “W.R. Weerasinghe, a soldier of the SL Army was killed while on duty at Nagarkovil Forward Defence Line by a LTTE terrorist Sniper around 5.35 p.m. (JULY12).”

Analysts charge that these incidents are adding up to the long list of ceasefire violation by the LTTE. All incidents have been reported to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission

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