The Human Rights Commission says six young Tamils arrested by the police Special Task Force, during a search operation on 6 September are held by the CSU. Student M Chandramohan and P Suppiah are currently detained at Vavuniya Army headquarters. They were taken into custody on 1 September, while returning to Vavuniya after visiting their homes in the Vanni.
The Vavuniya court also ordered the police that the court must be informed of doubtful deaths and permission obtained for an inquest. The order follows a number of suspicious deaths, particularly of young people, caused by shooting.
Reports say a Tiger and a policeman were killed in an LTTE attack on a police post near Poovarasankulam on Mannar road in early September. Nine soldiers in a tractor died in a Tiger landmine attack on 26 September at Vannankulam, nine miles north-west of Vavuniya town.
The Sri Lankan Airforce bombed Mullaitivu on 4 September wounding Sivarasa Vigneswaran. The following day, another civilian Velupillai Anton was injured. Reports say in two days of bombing, a house and hundreds of trees were destroyed.
At a meeting with the Indian High Commissioner Gopalakrishna Gandhi on 13 September, Tamil groups PLOTE and EROS complained about intrusion of Indian fishermen into Sri Lankan waters in Mannar sea. Following a visit by Culture minister Lakshman Jayakody to India on 23 September, both countries agreed on a joint committee to examine the problems involving fishermen.