Thu, May 30, 2013, 09:38 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.![]()
May 30, Colombo: Two former cadres of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in sri Lanka were indicted today before the Anuradhapura Provincial High Court over charges of shooting down a military aircraft.
The two Tiger cadres are accused of shooting down an Antanov-32 plane firing missiles from Wilpattu Wildlife Park killing 32 military personnel on or around March 30, 2000.
Sri Lanka Air Force at the time submitted a report that the plane crash was due to a technical issue.
However, police Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested two ethnic Tamils few years back under suspicion of shooting down the aircraft using missiles.
The suspects have been in detention for more than four years.
May 30, Colombo: Two former cadres of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in sri Lanka were indicted today before the Anuradhapura Provincial High Court over charges of shooting down a military aircraft.
The two Tiger cadres are accused of shooting down an Antanov-32 plane firing missiles from Wilpattu Wildlife Park killing 32 military personnel on or around March 30, 2000.
Sri Lanka Air Force at the time submitted a report that the plane crash was due to a technical issue.
However, police Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested two ethnic Tamils few years back under suspicion of shooting down the aircraft using missiles.
The suspects have been in detention for more than four years.