Tigers again, fresh from their sleep. (Sri Lanka; Tamil Tigers) (Asia)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: June 16, 1990 | Copyright information

POOR Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers are fighting the government again. On june 11th ten soldiers returning to camp after buying provisions in Kaimunai, in eastern Sri Lanka, were ambushed and shot dead. Their offence was that they had moved out of camp without the permission of the Tigers, who claim to control the area. On the same day the Tigers attacked Kaimunai police station, killing eight policemen. Next day the Tigers attacked four army camps in the Kalmunai and Batticaloa districts. The army, which had previously been told not to antagonise the Tigers, "defended itself , an ...

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