Monday, September 06, 2004

Eight LTTE fighters killed [TamilNet, May 11, 1998 23:59 GMT]

Seven LTTE fighters died in two different accidental explosions yesterday in the Vanni said Voice of Tigers (VOT) in its night transmisssion today.
Six LTTE fighters were killed in one of blasts said the radio, naming them as:
Lieutenant Nilamakal (Palanivel Chitrathevi, Jaffna), Captain Uruthra (Sinnathamby Thevakala, Jaffna), Captain Kayatkodi (Tharmathevan Vanaja, Jaffna), Arulvani (Tharmarajah Jeyatharshini, Trincomalee) and Thamilmangai (Sivakuru Rajakuru, Kandy) and Sujita (Arokiyanathar Judenathar) Jaffna.
One LTTE fighter, Ilamaran (Pooventhan Manivel, Trincomalee), died in the other explosion the radio said.
Meanwhile, one LTTE fighter, Ltd. Naren also known as Poovalahu (Selvaratnam Rajan, Jaffna) died in a SLA ambush, said VoT.