Information About Incident 61059-122187-309973 in Jaffna Sri Lanka

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At least 45 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres, who were hiding since long period without surrendering to the security forces, were arrested in the Jaffna peninsula (Northern Province) by the Terrorist Investigations Division (TID), reports Daily Mirror on December 26.

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At least 45 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres, who were hiding since long period without surrendering to the security forces, were arrested in the Jaffna peninsula (Northern Province) by the Terrorist Investigations Division (TID), reports Daily Mirror on December 26. According to officials, following several search operations covering the entire peninsula in the recent past, these former LTTE members were taken into custody.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
61059-122187-309973 12/26/2012 Sri Lanka TID arrest 45 former LTTE cadres in Northern Province
61059-122187-309973 12/26/2012 Sri Lanka TID arrest 45 former LTTE cadres in Northern Province

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