7.2.2008
Security
Forces have received information that about 30 suicide
tiger cadres have infiltrated into the southern parts
of the country. This information has been obtained when
two priests arrested in Saliyapura and Nuwara-eliya areas
were questioned.
Under
interrogation the two priests have confessed that they
had brought down 30 suicide cadres from Mannar to Kandy
and Nuwara-eliya towns. They had also accepted that they
had transported several suicide kits and weapons to these
areas.
Police
suspect the suicide attack in Fort Railway Station had
been carried out by a suicide cadre brought down by the
priests.
The
two priests were arrested from information obtained when
a member of tiger terrorist organization arrested with
two suicide kits at Wattala was interrogated. On information
received, when the police raided a house belonging to
the priests at Mannar, 3 suicide kits and several bombs
were found.
Security
Forces indicate that tiger organization is attempting
to disrupt the operations being conducted in the North
by trying to attack civil population. They point out when
strict security measures have been adopted in the South
to prevent terrorists targeting civilians, the terrorists
try to make use of religious and international organizations
to fulfill their aims and it was necessary to carry out
rigid investigations into the working of most of these
organizations.
Courtesy
- Lanka Truth