In brief
Talks
A cross-party group of 23 Sri Lankan MPs who participated in an April conference arranged by London-based NGO International Alert in Philippines, have called on the Sri Lankan government for talks with the LTTE.
Released
The LTTE released on 25 April three crew members abducted from the passenger ferry Iris Moana in August 1995 off Mullaitivu coast. Another five sailors remain in Tiger custody.
Bribe
Norway’s newspaper Verdens Gang says in a 20 April article that a former Norwegian diplomat to Sri Lanka received Rs 500,000 ($10,000) from each asylum-seeker to confirm information given in asylum applications.
Bombed
The Sri Lankan Airforce bombed Nachchikudah, 25 miles north of Mannar, on 10 April killing 14 year-old Ramalingam Thayakaran and two other civilians. Six people were seriously injured. A church and many houses were damaged.
Identified
An 18 year-old survivor identified in the Trincomalee court on 11 April, two of the eight soldiers accused of carrying out the massacre of 25 Tamil civilians in Kumarapuram in February 1996, following a LTTE attack on a government entourage in Jaffna.
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