According to defence observers, LTTE terrorists have perpetrated the attack targeting the civilians in reprisal, for defying LTTEʼs orders to take-up arms. Exact casualty figures are yet to be estimated as tension prevails in the area. Security forces immediately cordon off the area, while medical units were rushed to the site, the sources said. Women and children are said to be among the many reported killed and injured in the suicide bomb blast, security sources said. Ambulances carried the wounded to the Kilinochchi hospital.
The female suicide bomber had arrived among the civilians who were seeking protection with security forces in guise. The bomber had blown herself before being screened, the reports further said.
According to them, the LTTE in the face of an inevitable defeat is trying to score levels with the innocent civilians. On Sunday(8), a group of civilians escaping from the LTTE hellholes North of Visuamadu and Sugandirapuram have ramped an LTTE barricade assaulting a LTTE ʽpoliceʼ cadre and killing two female terrorists in the cause. Similarly civilians, who were forcibly armed and sent to the forefront by LTTE, have taken on the less numbered LTTE cadres beating the terrorists and tying them behind, on 7th February. The civilians had later managed to flee towards the security forces controlled area, the sources further said.
Earlier, LTTE terrorists used a 13 year old child suicide bomber against the advancing 55 Division troops in Chalai on 4th Feb. Observers of LTTE activity have expressed concerns over the likelihood of the LTTE increasing such attacks targeting civilians to enact a large scale carnage instilling fear among the people who are entrapped in the non-liberated regions in Mullaittivu.
LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit that has been fighting for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983. During its 3 decades of existence the outfit has pioneered a large number of terror tactics particularly in the field of suicide bombing, that have been soon copied by the other terror organizations in the world. Fuelled by extremist tribal ideologies held by their megalomaniac leader, V. Prabhakaran, and largely foreign funds generated through its false propaganda, LTTE terrorists have killed tens and thousands of innocent civilians in many village massacres, bus bombings, train bombings, ethnic cleansing raids, and etc. The outfit is also included in the UN list of shame for using children
Condemnation
United States
The statement from the US Embassy in Colombo said: "The United States condemns today's the suicide attack on a government center that was registering internally displaced persons who had managed to exit the conflict area in northern Sri Lanka. This apparent effort by the LTTE to discourage Tamils from leaving the conflict area killed and wounded many Tamil civilians.
The United States calls on the LTTE to allow all civilians freedom of movement. The United States also urges the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that all IDPs who leave the conflict area are registered and transferred in a transparent manner to temporary camps in accordance with international standards.
United Nations
The statement from the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator said: "The United Nations in Sri Lanka condemns today's suicide attack on a registration centre for displaced persons fleeing the conflict zone. The attack killed and wounded many civilians, including children. Those killed had already been forced from their homes by fighting and had endured terrible hardships.
The UN reiterates that civilians must be distinguished from combatants, and protected from the fighting. It calls once again on the LTTE to separate its forces from civilians under its control."
According to defence observers, LTTE terrorists had perpetrated the attack targeting the civilians in reprisal, for defying LTTE's orders to take-up arms Security forces immediately cordoned off the area, while medical units were rushed to the site, the sources said. Women and children were among the many reported killed and injured in the suicide bomb blast, security sources said. Ambulances carried the wounded to the Kilinochchi hospital.
The female suicide bomber had arrived among the civilians who were seeking protection with security forces. The bomber had blown herself up before being screened, the reports further said.
