PRABHAKARAN AND CLOSE COMRADES WERE CONSIDERING MASS SUICIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY MAY 16, DEFENCE MINISTRY SAYS
Posted on May 16th, 2009
By Walter Jayawardhana
At the time SoosaiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s family was interrogated Velupillai Prabhakaran ,Pottu Amman and Soosai himself were still holed up in the same area, and considering mass suicide , the Ministry of Defence said.
The statement dated May 16 2009 2.39 p.m. Sri Lanka time said, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-During initial interrogations conducted, Soosai’s wife had told ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the Navy that Soosai along with LTTE leader Prabhakaran, Pottu Amman and some other key terrorists as still holed up in the small area at Vellamullivaikal.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚
When SoosaiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s immediate family were among 11 civilians fleeing in a boat the military made it an opportunity to interrogate SoosaiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s wife about the whereabouts of the LTTE leadership.
Based on intercepted LTTE military radio communication the Ministry of Defence said , ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-LTTE terrorists are preparing for a mass suicide after being effectively cut-off of escape routes, both land and sea and now encircled in a mere 3.5sq.km of land West of Vellamullivaikkal, Wanni military sources said citing intercepted LTTE communication. ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-
Based on reports coming from the battlefield, the Ministry of Defence further stated, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-According to defence observers, the LTTE senior ranks are expecting to prolong its imminent defeat resorting to such futile terror tactics using civilian hostages, new recruits and black tigers as weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). “The terrorists have no way to go and the only way out is to surrender with the security forces or to be crushed in the military advance” a military official said. Terrorists are blowing off large explosive and ammunition dumps also using stocks of white phosphorous with improvised barrel bombs to create large destruction within the hostage makeshift camps.
ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Meanwhile, an LTTE attempt to ram an explosive laden bus into the 58 Division forward defences failed with the bus exploding prematurely. No damages were caused to troops military said adding that at least 10 terrorists were killed due to the explosion.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚