No terrorist act has taken place since 19th May 2009.

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No terrorist act has taken place since 19th May 2009.

29 Sep 2010 - 07:55
Major General Kamal Gunaratne, the Commander of the Wanni Region said that since 19th May 2009 until now, no terrorist act has taken place in Sri Lanka and no one has died due to terrorism. He said that not only the people of Wanni suffered, and were oppressed by the terrorist LTTE, and were living in fear and anxiety but people in the other parts of the country too had the same panic and the phobia.
The Major General explained family members refrained from travelling together, and father used to go to work in a bus, mother by a train and children by school vans to avoid the menace of becoming victimized by bus bombs, sudden bomb blasts, bombs in train carriages and other forms of terrorism. The peaceful environment has not only dawn peace of mind and confidence to the people of Wanni but for the country as a whole.
The Major General emphasized that the country has been liberated with great sacrifice and each and every inch of the land that has been liberated is soaked with the sweat, blood, determination, and sacrifice of our soldiers and no one could be permitted to spoil these great sacrifices, and it is the duty and responsibility of everyone to look after it, consider it as their own similar to they look after their own children, and protect it in whatever way it is possible.
Explaining about the last leg of the war he said that everyone in the frontline including the Division Commanders carried out the assault on the enemy forces without a wink of sleep for several days and the terrorists made every effort to make a break in from the west of the front line as they were hard pressed from North and South by the 53rd and 57th Divisions.Courtesy: News.