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Karuna
faction vows return and revenge
A hitherto unidentified group on Friday distributed leaflets in the Batticaloa town claiming that Karuna's group had only 'temproraily' withdrawn and would be returning to take over. The warning came four days after Eastern University academic Kumaravel Thambiah was gunned down at his residence in Batticaloa town. He was identified as a supporter of the LTTE and had fled his home earlier when Karuna ordered persons of northern origin to leave. The one-page leaflet distributed explained why Karuna's group had virtually given up its fight when the LTTE sent its cadres from the north to take over in April. The leaflet said many of the cadres who were sent in from the north belonged to the eastern province and Karuna did not want a confrontation with his cadres from his own areas. The leaflet warns government servants, students and the public to refrain from extending support to LTTE northern cadres who were referred to as traitors from the Wanni. "Our injured persons were not allowed to be taken to hospital and they were bled to death. Some of the civilians also were treated in a similar manner," said the leaflet which was distributed by a group in a white van at night. The warning was also given to businessmen who they claimed were supporting the LTTE. |
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