“The casualties to the LTTE is unknown. What is known for sure is that 17 dead Tiger bodies were recovered from Muhamalai and Kilali. We kindly request our readers not to be misled by propaganda, ill informed and copycat sites.”________________________
by DefeneWire
(April 25, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Due to various propaganda estimates, guesstimates and copycat figures we would like to clear the casualty figure in the Army in the confrontation on the 23rd. Some sources had made false claims that 143 bodies of soldiers were lying in 3 funeral parlors in Colombo.
Others claimed figures were close to Tamilnet, which is 34 men more than the actual figure. We do not wish to discuss the Army's own figures for obvious reasons. According to reliable sources 88 soldiers were dead by last evening while 376 were injured and the remains of 28 more categorized as missing were handed over by ICRC in Vavuniya. This means a total of 116 were killed.
Of the 376, 174 are P1 and P2 (seriously and somewhat seriously wounded) while 190 categorized as P3 or walking wounded. If some of the soldiers in P1 die fighting for their lives in hospital, the actual number could increase. However, this is NOT the case at this moment in time.
The casualties to the LTTE is unknown. What is known for sure is that 17 dead Tiger bodies were recovered from Muhamalai and Kilali. We kindly request our readers not to be misled by propaganda, ill informed and copycat sites.
- Sri Lanka Guardian
Truth is the first casuality in any war.
Bull S*** claims are made to Bull S*** the people.
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