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SUSPECTED TAMIL TIGERS KILL A TAMIL FAMILY INCLUDING THREE AND FIFTEEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN SINCE THEY ARE NOT POLITICALLY SYMPATHETIC TO THEMBy Walter JayawardhanaFive Tamil civilians of a family including a three year old boy and
a 15 year girl who were getting ready to celebrate the Hindu New Year
in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka were dragged out of the house
by suspected cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
and shot dead. This is the fifth attack by the LTTE during this month on civilians
both Tamil and Sinhalese. Eravur police, who are investigating into the assassinations said,
the members of the same family were gunned down, hours before the
traditional Tamils were preparing to celebrate the New Year. Police sources said, it happened at Kanapatthipillainagar, Chenkalady
in the Batticaloa district, where the Tamil Tigers have been militarily
defeated by the government security forces. The police said the LTTE
has started attacking unarmed civilians who are not sympathetic to
them. Five days later a bus was caught in a roadside bomb blast in Vavuniya district and eight passengers died. Last Thursday LTTE gunmen stormed a village in Vavuniya and shot
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