Monday, October 25, 2004

Yet another LTTE abduction by Senaka de Silva

Suspected LTTE cadres abducted yet another youth on Saturday afternoon bringing the total number of abductions during the week to seven in the Batticaloa district.

OIC Valachchenai police K.A. Dharmawardena said the latest victim a 16 year-old following a course at the Valachchenai Vocational Training Centre run by the national Youth Service Council was abducted at gun point by two suspected LTTE cadres who were riding two motorcycles as the victim was proceeding to a nearby boutique.
The abductors, according to eyewitnesses had come from the direction of Valachchenai town and they had taken the victim on one of the motorcycles in the same direction.

Inspector Dharmawardena said the victim, a Muslim of Kalkudah would have been taken to one of their camps in the region.