[3rd Update] A fierce battle erupts: SLA on multipronged attack; 160,000 people’s life at risk; All international diplomatic efforts failed: SL on genocidal act; Less regards for civilian lives; Dozens killed within hours.
Sri Lankan Army while on a multipronged attack from early morning today on the remaining patch of land in the safe zone area, tried to land through seafront in Mullivaikkal area and move forward in to safe zone.
Heavy gunfire coupled with cannon fire from sea and aerial bombing reported from Mullivaikkal where an estimated 160,000 civilians are held up.
The battle erupted at the early hours of today when Sri Lankan Army tried to move forward towards Iraddaivaikkal under the cover of heavy shelling and air attacks.
The LTTE also retaliating fiercely, the fighting is going on in both ground and sea. Sri Lankan Navy ships are firing cannon missiles towards the shore, while large number of fishing boats and ships are seen in the mid sea carrying troops.
The Sri Lankan Forces are continuously shelling on Mullivaikkal seafront to reduce the resistance and then to land the troops that are waiting in the mid sea.
Sri Lankan Air Force and ground troops are also engaged in the firing in support of the Sri Lankan Navy. Sri Lankan air force carried out 14 sorties within one and half hours (9.00am to 10.20 am)
The fierce battle may be one of the worst in recent times and expected to take tens of thousands of lives. People inside safe zone were sending SOS from yesterday night saying that the Sri Lankan Forces have encircled the safe zone and are engaged on a massive preparation for an onslaught and called international community to intervene and save the people.
While the attack on the seafront continues, ground troops are trying to breach a bund at Vadduvaikkal area and using all heavy weapons in the offensive. In the third front, Sri Lankan Army is trying to move forward through Iraddaivaikkal from early morning today.
People captured in earlier attacks are being used as human shields to move forward.
Earlier too there were reports of using the captured people as human shields during the attack on valaignarmadam and Pokkanai.
Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) was sending a SOS from last night to UN Security Council members and to international community.
In their urgent appeal they said "as we write this appeal there is a build up of Sri Lanka Armed Forces in the areas surrounding the so-called ‘safe zone’ and an offensive via land, sea, and air is only a few hours away."
They further said that was their final appeal to the international community to stop the slaughter of Tamil civilians in the so-called ‘safe zone’. They made the appeal on behalf of the 160,000 people still in the safe zone.
On Sunday 26 April, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed the Valiaganmadam village, the only village with sea access, 39 times and on Saturday 25 April there were at least 25 attacks which killed and injured hundreds.
Based on their previous experiences over the past three months TRO officials in the ‘safe zone’ have predicted that if the expected offensive goes forward there will be more than 10,000 casualties as the area is densely populated and there is no cover from bombs, shells, and bullets.
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Genocide
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Mahinda has the blessings from the super powers to Genocide against Tamils.
A ruthless regime is almost at the edge of wiping out a race from the face of the earth, and no one is bothered?! Aren't we human beings? Who gave the licence for this slaughter? Who gave banned weapons? Who trained this barbarians to use chemical weapons? All for just one man's death? How many more tamil lives you want India? How many liters of blood you need? How many childrens heads you want? Haven't you had enough?
Reamember, you may kill the last tamil from our beloved motherland. But, we are everywhere, you will pay for this!!!!!!!!!!
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UN PLEASE DO SOMETHING
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Mahinda got blessings from the super powers to Genocide against Tamils and curse from Tamil on them.
They may think that they are going to win the war. In actual fact nobody win at all. They will pay the price for what they have done.
On this coming Mother Day, all the Tamil mothers whose child are killed, whose husband are killed, and who have lost their families will curse Rajapakse's and his brother.
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Rajapakse's government is nothing but a ruthless regime aimed at acheiving their own agenda of ethnically cleansing the country of a Tamil race that has the right to live on their ancestors' land just as much as the Sinhalese. The ban on the media and on humanitarian aid is proof that a repeat of Rwanda is in the making.
Act NOW, world leaders!!! Act NOW, Tamil diaspora!! Open your mouths! Use your words! Share your voice! We cannot simply watch now and regret later.