Information About Incident 64348-129992-329698 in Trincomalee Sri Lanka

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As the Sri Lankan military advanced into the Tiger territory the senior cadre in charge of the camp named Ratnam Master ordered the two suspects to kill all the captured soldiers, douse their bodies with diesel and burn.

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The Vavuniya High Court will indict two cadres of the intelligence unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on July 15 at Vavuniya District for the killing of 26 personnel of state military, burning and burying their bodies. The two LTTE cadres identified as Madaarayan Sulakshan and Ganeshan Darshan are accused of executing the 26 military personnel who were captured and detained at the LTTE torture camp in the LTTE's Victor 1 camp in Puthukudiyiruppu town of Mullaitivu District. As the Sri Lankan military advanced into the Tiger territory the senior cadre in charge of the camp named Ratnam Master ordered the two suspects to kill all the captured soldiers, douse their bodies with diesel and burn. Following the orders the suspects on January 15, 2009 built a 5 feet high and 10 feet long pyre and lined up the blindfolded soldiers against the pyre and shot them. Darshan shot 3 of the soldiers and Sulakshan shot the other 23. The 26 military personnel included 18 Sri Lanka Navy and eight Army personnel.

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64348-129992-329698 7/16/2013 Sri Lanka Two LTTE cadres to be charged for killing 26 Sri Lankan military personnel

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