‘Sri Lanka troops unearth over a tonne of bombs’

by lalith | July 17, 2009 at 09:14 am

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Sri Lankan troops have uncovered one of their biggest hauls of weapons and explosives since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels two months ago, military officials said on Friday.

Troops found 332 roadside bombs in the northeastern district of Mullaittivu where Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran put up his last stand in May, a military official said.

He said the bombs weighing up to 18 kilos (40 pounds) were found at the village of Vellamullivaikal, a coastal area where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership was holed up in the final stages of the war.

“We have also found huge quantities of ammunition for automatic assault rifles and mortar bombs,” a military official said.

He said the discoveries made on Thursday, which weighed over a tonne, constituted the largest haul since the government’s recent victory over the Tiger rebels ended decades of ethnic conflict.

As per the reports coming in, much more ammunition and arms will be recovered in the future. Intelligence sources have received information from surrendered and captured terrorist and have been pointing out certain hiding places of arms and ammunition.

By looking at the magnitude of war materials hidden by the LTTE Terrorists, one can imagine what sort of a protracted war was being planned by them and also that they had hope of a cease fire; This would have enabled the terrorists to reorganize and carry on with the war.

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