Sri Lanka Army killed 70 Tamil Tigers.

Press konferentsiiBoris Volhonskiy29.04.2009Chem the battle between the Sri Lankan authorities and the separatists? Lankan army killed at least 70 Tamil rebels who tried to evacuate from the area of fighting, reported Agence France-Press Representative armed forces of Sri Lanka.
In a statement representative of the Armed Forces said that Tamils who have tried to leave the area surrounded by the army in boats were seen Lankan army and destroyed by artillery fire.
To place the battle was evacuated 70 bodies rebel, now a process of identifying the dead. However, the army, Brigadier-General Uday Nanayakkara has expressed confidence that the Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakarana among the killed militants there.
On Sunday, the army of Sri Lanka evacuated from the area of fighting civilians, militants used as human shields, argues Uday Nanayakkara. He noted that over the past three days, the territory of the army fighting with the rebels left more than 50 thousand people.
Recall that on May 16, the Sri Lankan authorities have announced the final victory over the Tamil Tigers. Then, it was reported that government forces had captured the last rebel base on the coast of Sri Lanka.
The military operation by government troops against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam began in January 2008. The aim of the operation was the ultimate solution to the problem of separatism in the regions in the north-east, while the destruction was founded in 1976, the unrecognized state of Tamil Tamil Eelam.
Representatives of the rebels declared a genocide carried out by the authorities of Sri Lanka.