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The Sri Lanka Navy arrested the 17 suspected cadres on February 19 when they were heading toward Australia onboard a multi-day fishing trawler in the sea 20 nautical miles off Hambantota.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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arrest The Sri Lanka Navy the 17 suspected cadresThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
A Sri Lankan court on March 3 refused to grant bail to 17 suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres who were arrested when they were trying to flee the country in February, reports Colombo Page. The Colombo Magistrate's Court has refused bail to the suspects and ordered them to be further remanded until March 17. The Sri Lanka Navy arrested the 17 suspected cadres on February 19 when they were heading toward Australia onboard a multi-day fishing trawler in the sea 20 nautical miles off Hambantota. The counsels for the suspects have asked the court to release them on bail when they were produced before the Magistrate but the Criminal Investigations Department conducting the investigations had told the court that they have yet to complete the investigation.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48521-94102-236991 | 3/5/2011 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan court refuses bail to fleeing LTTE suspects |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48521-94102-236991 | 3/5/2011 | Sri Lanka | arrest | Hambantota |