LTTE murdered 80 people held at their prison - EX- LTTE carder

An LTTE suspect who is in the custody of the Terrorist investigations Division (TID) has revealed that the LTTE had, during the war, murdered more than 80 people who were held at an LTTE prison.

The LTTE suspect has also given the location where the victims were burnt after being killed and this has been confirmed by three other LTTE suspects who are in police custody, the police media unit said. According to the police, the 80 people had been detained at an LTTE prison in Pudukuduirippu in the north. Among those held at the LTTE prison was a TID officer identified as Jeyaratnam and an army captain. The police said that based on information provided by the LTTE suspect in TID custody, Jeyaratnam had been taken in a white van to Chilaw after being abducted and from there to Mannar and then Kilinochchi.