STF overruns key tiger camp in Kanchikudiyaru

The special task forces yesterday registered a major victory, when it overran the Amparai District tiger main camp, the Stanley base in Kanchikudiyaru after a fierce battle, the military said.

STF personal overran the tiger main camp in Kanchikudiyaru yesterday afternoon forcing the surviving tigers to retreat, military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe said. He said the STF recovered a large haul of weapons, ammunition and other military items left behind by the fleeing tigers.

The spokesman said the police elite force personal had found a hospital within the LTTE camp. This had been built by a NGO and we are investigating into the matter seriously. Brigadier Samarasinghe claimed it is considered a significant and a strategic step forward as the tiger terrorist were posing a major threat to the security forces from this camp. Continuous targeting of the security forces position in the area by the LTTE forced the STF to clear the area and bring it under its control. 

LTTE was also housing a large number of child soldiers conscripted by them in the camp, the spokesman charged.