Govt. reassures panic-stricken Mutur Muslims

The government yesterday rushed a high-level delegation to Mutur to reassure Muslims who have begun to leave the area once again in the face of fresh warning leaflets from a suspected LTTE front.

Minister A.H.M. Fowzie, Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, JVP parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa and JHU MP Ven. Athureliye Ratana Thera met the Mutur Muslims and urged them to remain in the area. They assured that adequate security would be provided to them.

The leaflets, purportedly issued by an organsiation called ‘Tamil Eelam Redemption Force”, have warned that the LTTE is to launch a fresh attack on Mutur and the Muslims will be targeted again.