Information About Incident 56620-111670-282323 in Batticaloa Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka Police on July 17 arrested Sinnatambi Pathmanathan, a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader for the Batticaloa area in the Eastern province, at the Colombo airport upon his return to Sri Lanka, Colombo Page reported.

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• Meta Location: Sri Lanka Batticaloa Colombo Sri Lanka Colombo
• Matched District: Batticaloa
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Sri Lanka Police
• Subject: Sinnatambi Pathmanathan , a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) leader for the Batticaloa area in the Eastern province , at the Colombo airport

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Sri Lanka Police on July 17 arrested Sinnatambi Pathmanathan, a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader for the Batticaloa area in the Eastern province, at the Colombo airport upon his return to Sri Lanka, Colombo Page reported. Police Media spokesman Superintendent of Police Ajith Rohana said that Pathmanathan was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Bureau when he returned to Sri Lanka after staying abroad. Pathmanathan had fled the country in 2002, Hiru FM reported. He had reportedly led several terrorist attacks in the East.

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.

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