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Political Wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), in a statement dated 30 October, following a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air strike that killed a student at Va’l'lipunam in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district and wounded six in a housing scheme setup by Caritas-HUDEC, condemned the Sri Lankan government for carrying out indiscriminate aerial bombardment and artillery barrage on civilians in Vanni. “Within few days of the Sri Lankan Government saying to the Indian Government that it will not carry out attacks on civilians, it has carried out attacks on Paranthan and Vallipunam civilian areas,” the statement issued by the LTTE noted.

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Political Wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), in a statement dated 30 October, following a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air strike that killed a student at Va’l'lipunam in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district and wounded six in a housing scheme setup by Caritas-HUDEC, condemned the Sri Lankan government for carrying out indiscriminate aerial bombardment and artillery barrage on civilians in Vanni. “Within few days of the Sri Lankan Government saying to the Indian Government that it will not carry out attacks on civilians, it has carried out attacks on Paranthan and Vallipunam civilian areas,” the statement issued by the LTTE noted.

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Jaffna district Commander Major. Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri
said that the current ban and restrictions imposed on fishing in Jaffna
peninsula will not be relaxed, citing security reasons, in response to
requests made in the special meeting held in Kaangkeasanthu’rai SLA High
Security Zone Friday to explore into matters related to essential services
of the peninsula, sources in Jaffna said.

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Unidentified men associated with paramilitary groups robbed a
retail grocery store located in Sathurukkondaan, Batticaloa district run by
a married woman last Sunday, according to a complaint lodged at Batticaloa police by the victim.

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Two Kfir fighter jets of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) attacked a locality at Jeyanthinakar, a suburb of Ki’linochchi, Friday around 2:30 p.m. Seven civilian houses sustained damage in the attack. No one was wounded in the air strike.

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A Tamil civilian was abducted by unidentified persons, who arrived in a white van in Peliyagoda of Colombo district Wednesday night, Police said.

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Shops and commercial establishments in Tamil Nadu shut down and the state’s roads wore a deserted look as a result of the traders’ bandh (shut down) Friday on the Eezham Tamils issue. According to reports in the Indian media, the bandh was total all over the state as over 25 lakh traders, owing allegiance to 5,500 trade unions, took part in the peaceful agitation to show their solidarity with the Eezham Tamils. All political parties in Tamil Nadu had extended their support to this bandh which took place from six in the morning to six in the evening in Tamil Nadu and Puduchery (Puthuchcheari).

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“Indian and United States of America have been working with a hidden agenda for their own political benefit political in Sri Lanka and also to safeguard the Liberation Tigers. The speech made US envoy William O’Blake in Mathurai in South India is part of that agenda,” said Mr. Somawanse Amarasinghe, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Sinhala nationalist party at a press briefing held Thursday.

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An MI-24 attack helicopter gunship deployed in the Sri Lankan offensive on Vanni by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and a Bell helicopter used to transport the wounded soldiers from the battlefield, sustained damage Tuesday night when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) air wing, Tamileelam Air Force, carried out a bombing raid on the Sri Lankan garrison at Tha’l'laadi in Mannaar, according to a reliable military source. Sri Lankan military officials have earlier said there was no major damage caused by the Tiger air strike, but said one soldier had sustained injuries.

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Sixteen Tamil civilians including three women were taken into custody during a cordon and search operation conducted jointly by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police in Ka’n'nankiramam, Vinaayakapuram and Pa’ndimadu villages within Vaazhaichcheanai police division Thursday early morning.

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