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Officers involved in Killing surrendering combatants in Sri Lanka

by admin on Jan.04, 2010, under Tamil Eelam

Journalist Name command officers involved in killing Surrendering combatants in Sri Lanka

KILLERS - war-crimesathula_kodippiliplan

A Journalist has named the brigade and command officers involved in the execution of surrendering LTTE combatants in Sri Lanka, in the early hours of May 18th 2009.  Names of those Command Officers involved in alleaged War Crimes are, 

  • Special Forces Regiment were deployed alongside the 59 division : Commanded then by Col. Athula Kodipilli.
  • Special Force battalions 1-SF led by Maj. Mahinda Ranasinghe
  • 2-SF led by Maj. Vipulathilake Ihalage.
  • Golf squad under Capt. Chaminda Gunasekera ,
  • Romeo squad under Capt.Kavinda Abeywardene,
  • Echo squad led by Maj. Kosala Wijekone
  • Delta squad led by Capt. Lasantha Ratnasekera.
  • 59 division led by Prasanna Silva
  • 58 div led by Shavendra Silva
  • 53 div led by Kamal Gunaratne
  • Task Force 8 led by Col Ravipriya

The Golf and Romeo squads were from 1SF while theEcho and Delta squads were from 2SF.

mahinda 11lalith-weeratungarajapakshe 2basilpalitha

“.. From the Government side those in the loop were President Mahinda Rajapakse, Presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga, Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Parliamentarian and Special adviser to the President Basil Rajapakse and then Foreign secretary Palitha Kohona ..”

FULL REPORT : http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287:journalist-name-command-officers-involved-in-killing-surrendering-combatants-in-sri-lanka&catid=39:by-war-without-witness&Itemid=62

END OF AN ERA OF TERROR : http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/24/militarym.htm


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