LTTE kills Lt. Col. Nalinda Kumarasinghe in Jaffna
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) currently withdrawing from the Jaffna peninsula delivered a big blow to the army on Thursday Jan 8th as a high – ranking army officer was killed.
Lt. Col Nalinda Kumarasinghe RWP, RSP was killed in a booby trap explosion in the Puloppalai area of the peninsula.
Lt. Col Kumarasinghe was the commanding officer of 5 Gemunu watch which is attached to the Air Mobile brigade that is a component of the 53 division
Lt. Col Kumarasinghe was moving along with his troops from Pallai in a south eastern direction.
The carefully booby trap exploded as the jeep they were travelling in went over it near a turning point on a dirt track.
The signals officer in the vehicle was also killed.
Two others were injured.
Altogether the army has lost twelve men in the past four days in the peninsula.
Around 55 men were injured.
The bulk of those killed and injured was due to landmines, pressure mines, anti – personnel mines and booby traps.
Lt. Col Kumarasinghe was an excellent commanding officer and had excelled in recent fighting by inspiring and leading troops
He was the highest – ranking officer to be killed by the LTTE in the northern fighting
He was elevated posthumously to Col rank
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