 www.tamileelamnews.com TNS Corner Killinochchi - The Sri Lanka Navy supply ship and troops carrier was attacked and sunk on Saturday early morning 2:33 am by the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) .
The Ship Carrier named A-520 involved in naval service between KKS and Trincomalee by the Sri Lanka Navy.
Fighting has flared in recent months across the many front lines area in the north bordering the De Facto state of the LTTE. Sri Lankan government early this year unilaterally scrapped the truce pact which was signed between the LTTE and the GoSL in February 2002 under the Norway sponsor.
The civil war in Sri Lanka killed at least 80,000 people most of them were ethnic Tamils while half a million people internally displaced and over million people externally displaced. At least 5,800 people have been killed in last two years alone, a right group said. © Copyright 2000 - 2008 by TamilEelamNews.com |