Islamic factions handed over their weapons

by Hiranya Malwatta | July 5, 2009 at 09:07 pm
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Islamic militants in the Eastern Province handed over their weapons to Police on saturday.

Factions of Islamic militants who bore weapons on grounds of various reasons in response to the government's appeal delivered their weapons to Police on Saturday (4) evening in Kattankudi area.

Those weapons include sixteen T 56 weapons, four 303 rifles, one shotgun, one 84-S weapon, one 9 mm pistol, one SMG KR weapon, five Galkatas weapons, sixteen hand grenades, one thousand and seventy-six rounds of 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition, one hundred and six rounds of 303 rifles ammunition, nineteen rounds of 84-S ammunition, nineteen rounds of 9 mm ammunition, six rounds of 38 mm ammunition, two rounds of bore-12 ammunition, twenty-five T-56 magazines, five 303 rifles magazines, two 9 mm magazines and parts of a bore-12 weapon.

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