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| Sri Lanka violated ceasefire, say monitors |
| 2006-04-29 |
| Amidst escalating violence between the LTTE and Sri Lankan military, Scandinavian truce monitors said government forces had violated a ceasefire agreement by launching air strikes against Tamil Tigers and were also involved in "extra-judicial" killings of civilians. "The air strikes that were conducted by the Sri Lankan government in Trincomalee district on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targets in Sampoor area on April 25 and 26, 2006 are a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement," a statement from the Scandinavian Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said. "We also fear that government security forces have, in the North and the East, been involved in extra-judicial killings of civilians. This conviction is based on our observation and inquiries on the ground," the SLMM said. The Sri Lankan military launched strikes from the air, sea and land after a woman suicide bomber attempted to assassinate the army commander Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 30. The military also claimed that the LTTE was firing at their camps in the Trincomalee area and that their bombardment was in response to that. The truce monitors urged the government "to refrain from such operations as they can jeopardise the ceasefire further and will only add fuel to the conflict." |
| Posted by:john |
| #3 Not to worry. The unbiased Norwegians will make everything right again. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-04-29 16:48 |
| #2 Both parties blew off their hinges a long time ago. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-04-29 15:10 |
| #1 But suicide bombing by the Tigers is not? |
| Posted by: john 2006-04-29 13:19 |