18 Tigers killed in battle, says army
Tamil Tigers on Saturday charged that as a result of the recent declaration of certain areas in Muttur by the Government as High Security Zones (HSZs), 90 sqkm of area has been confiscated and thousands rendered homeless even as the military claimed that at least 18 cadres of the LTTE were killed in the continuing fighting in the north and east in the last 24 hours. In a statement, the LTTE maintained that the latest “Military Zone” (MZ) in Muttur east in Trincomalee district has led to confiscation of private land from the Tamils who were displaced from their homes by indiscriminate shelling and bombing. Full Story