Top LTTE suspects Kajeepan Ponniah Selvanayagam alias Gopi and Sundaralingam Kajeepan alias Thevian have been confirmed as being among those killed in the clash between armed forces and suspected LTTE operatives last night in Nedunkerny area of Vavuniya.
The suspected LTTE suspects were attempting to escape from an Army cordon at the time of the clash, the Army Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya stated.
Defence authorities have been searching for Kajeepan Ponniah Selvanayagam alias Gopi which culminated in the clash in which three LTTE suspects were killed. While two of them have been confirmed as Gopi and Thevian the third victim is suspected to be LTTE operative Appan.
Gopi was suspected by armed forces to be heading an attempt to revive the LTTE in Sri Lanka while search operations were being implemented to locate him.
It has also now been confirmed that the Army soldier who was reported to have died last night was not involved in this incident but was killed during an Army exercise at a different location.
