23 Sea Tigers killed as Sri Lankan Navy foils suicide attack

May 13th, 2009 COLOMBO - An attempt by Tamil separatist rebels to carry out a suicide attack on government troops by sea off northeast Sri Lanka was foiled Wednesday with security forces sinking at least three boats, a military spokesman said. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sent four suicide boats to attack the forward defences of a newly recaptured area in a so-called safety zone, an area meant for civilians to gather when fleeing the final rebel-held area in the country.

May 13th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 44 LTTE rebels and one International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker are reported to have been killed during fresh clashes between the Sri Lanka Army and the Tamil Tigers. Two divisions of the Sri Lankan Army continue to advance into rebel territory, even as predictions are being made that the LTTE leadership and cadres could be nabbed in the next 36 hours.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday took stock of the coastal security to prevent the Tamil Tigers from infiltrating into the country amid the war in Sri Lanka. Defence Minister A.K.

May 9th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 49 Tamil rebels, including 14 Sea Tigers, were killed in two clashes with Sri Lankan forces, the defence ministry said Saturday. Two Sea Tiger boats, including an explosive-laden boat, were destroyed when the Sri Lankan Navy thwarted a 'desperate attempt by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)' to attack the well fortified naval cordon in the seas off Vellemullivaikkal around 3 a.m.

May 9th, 2009 PANAJI - The Tamil Tigers, fighting for survival against the Sri Lankan army, may try to infiltrate into India through the western coast, a top naval officer said here Saturday. Southern naval command's Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral S.K.

May 1st, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 23 Tamil Tigers were killed when the Sri Lankan Navy destroyed their boats off the coast of northeastern Mullaitivu district, an official said Friday. Navy spokesman Mahesh Karunaratne said two rebel suicide boats and an attack craft were destroyed at around 1 a.m.

April 29th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Navy Wednesday said they had killed at least 25 Tamil Tigers and destroyed six of their boats in a pre-dawn attack. Navy spokesman Capt D.K.P.

April 20th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 17 civilians were killed Monday morning in a suicide attack by the Tamil Tigers in the no fire zone (NFZ) in the island's north, the military said. The defence ministry said the attack took place when troops tried to rescue about 10,000 civilians from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the less than 20 sq km NFZ area at Puttumatalan.

March 23rd, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Navy has killed five LTTE cadres, who were dressed as civilians fleeing the war zone and were planning to attack security forces, the defence ministry said Monday. It said the incident took place Sunday morning off Chundikulam in the north when an inshore naval patrol craft spotted four dinghies carrying civilians fleeing from the Tamil Tigers-held areas.

March 12th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least ten people were killed and 20 others, including Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara, injured in a suicide attack near a mosque here on Tuesday. According to defence ministry sources, the suicide attack by a suspected LTTE bomber occurred during a ceremony to mark Eid-e-Milad-ud-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, near the mosque in the Akuresha area in Matara.

February 7th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least six Tamil Tigers were killed Sunday when the Sri Lankan Navy on routine patrol intercepted two rebel boats off the northeastern coast of Mullaitivu, naval official said. Navy spokesman Commander D.K.P.

February 6th, 2009 TORONTO - The Sri Lankan envoy here has created a stir by warning Canadian MPs against sympathizing with the Tamil Tigers. By sympathizing with the Tamil Tigers who had carried out many suicide bombings, the envoy said, Canadians were putting themselves at risk of terrorism.

January 22nd, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 22 Indian fishermen with six boats while fishing illegally in Sri Lanka's northern sea waters off Kankesanthurai (KKS), official sources said here Friday. The sources told IANS that the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested these Indian fishermen trespassing into the Sri Lankan territorial waters late Thursday and handed them over to the KKS police for investigation.

January 10th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Navy is on alert to prevent Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran from fleeing the island, the state television quoted a naval official as saying Sunday. Commander D.K.P.

January 8th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Some Indian fishermen have alleged they were beaten up by Sri Lankan Navy personnel near the Kachchatheevu island in the early hours of Friday but there has been no official confirmation of the attack. 'We were fishing around Kachchatheevu island and the Lankan Navy suddenly surrounded us and beat us up.