ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday May 4, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 49
News  

Fox hunt for Tigers

A combined police and army team launched ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ yesterday in the Pettah, Kotahena, and Wolfendhal Street areas in search of suspected Tiger rebels.

The five-hour-long operation concluded with 80 people being detained, out of whom eight were taken into custody. About 5,000 houses were searched during the operation, police said.

 
Top to the page  |  E-mail  |  views[1]


Reproduction of articles permitted when used without any alterations to contents and a link to the source page.
© Copyright 2008 | Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.Colombo. Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.