Derana News 10 04 2009 End of War

The Sri Lankan Armed forces have now undertaken the largest humanitarian operation in the world, as the LTTE have taken thousands of civilians in the government declared No Fire Zone (NFZ) hostage.

The Army has almost swept away terrorists strongholds in the northern anterior of the 12 kilometre long NFZ demarcated for the civilians and now limited their mop up operations to the southern anterior.

The Sri Lanka Army 58 Division soldiers are spearheading the rescue operations as they have established their positions closest to the NFZ border, West of Ampalavanpokkanai and South of Puthumathalan. Troops have identified the best accessible routes for the civilians to come out of the NFZ and established rescue points there. According to defence sources, some of these rescue points are located just 150 metres short of the LTTE built earth bund on the NFZ border.

Troops continuously keep the civilians informed of the safe routes to the cleared areas as they open up more escape routes by removing terrorists blockades, said the sources.

Public address systems have been a positioned at several locations closest to the NFZ to convey these information to the civilians, the sources added.

Meanwhile, troops of 58 Division rescued 386 hostages including 157 children, 98 females and 137 males during daytime yesterday (Apr 9). The rescued civilians so rescued have told the defence sources that the LTTE is committing horrendous crimes to prevent civilians leaving their hold.

There is no safety zone anymore, they (LTTE cadres) are putting bombs and traps on all possible escape routes available for us. They fire machine guns, throw hand grenades and even fire mortars at people whenever they feel that people are organizing to escape, a youth has said.

The rescue mission is also supported by limited offensives by troops conducted to make room for the hostages to come out of the LTTE hold.

Troops of 10 and 11 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) last morning (Apr. 9) attacked terrorist positions located in Puthumathalan South causing heavy damages to the enemy. Troops during subsequent search operations recovered seven bodies of LTTE cadres, nine T-56 rifles, one radio communication set and a tractor. Intercepted LTTE radio transmissions confirmed 10 LTTE cadres killed in this confrontation. Also, a sniper deployed in the forward area confirmed shooting down one LTTE cadre.

Meanwhile, Army 53 Division engaged in mop up operations in the southern anterior of the NFZ, north of Nanthikadal lagoon, had daylong clashes with the terrorists. Troops found one body of a LTTE cadre, 18 T-56 rifles, one micro pistol and one small machine gun (SMG). Rescue operations are in progress.

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