Days after the killing of six civilians in Eravur, another four farmers were shot dead by suspected Tamil Tigers yesterday morning at Aralaganwila in Polonnaruwa, bringing the total number of civilians killed during the week to 28, police said.
“The farmers were gathering their harvest when armed Tigers descended on them, killing three on the spot while another died in hospital and two others were injured” a senior police official said.
He said he believed Tigers fleeing from Thoppigala now under siege by the military, might have carried out the killing.
The village of Nidanwela where the killings took place is situated some 17 kilometres from Aralaganwila bordering the Thoppigala jungle in the Batticaloa district.
Meanwhile, the police assisted by the army have tightened security in the area. On Sunday, a group of Tigers are alleged to have shot dead six workers in Mailambaveli in Eravur. The workmen who were building houses for Tsunami-affected people had been lined up in front of the ‘Village of Hope’ construction site and killed.
On Monday a bomb was exploded inside a passenger bus at Konduwattuvan in Ampara killing16 civilians and injuring 25.
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