Killinochchi, Sri Lanka- One civilian was killed and two other civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb attack planted and detonated by the Sri Lankan, deep penetration unit (DPU) in the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled area of at Thikkuvil in Poonakari (Pooneryn) Wednesday around 1:00 p.m, according to the sources mil Eelam Police sources in Vanni.
Two of the wounded were rushed to the primary health care centre in Poonakari.The health care centre is run by the Centre for Health Care (CHC), a local NGO, which re-established the centre in Poonakari as many IDPs who had left Poonakari due to the ongoing Sri Lankan offensive, returned to resume agriculture in their paddy fields following the moonsoonal rain.
The Sri Lankan government Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) known to have infiltrated into many times in the LTTE controlled areas and carried out ambush attacks on civilians including scores of children, elected officials, religious leaders, journalists and aid workers a local aid worker told TNS in Vanni. Three decades old civil war in Sri Lanka killed at least 215,000 people according to the UN World Health Organization.
