Following a LTTE landmine attack at Meeravodai junction injuring two policemen on 3 September, the military shelled the area wounding Nalliah Vimalarani, 17. The Army also fired shells on Kondayankerni on the same day, during a temple festival, killing S Anjalidevi and seriously wounding eight year-old S Chandrakumar. Thirteen civilians and three policemen were wounded by a Tiger motorcycle bomb three days earlier in the heart of Batticaloa town.
Local people allege that a number of murders remain uninvestigated.
R Rasaratnam and his wife Nageswary were shot dead in their house on 7 August. Police say these murders may have been committed by LTTE s Pistol Group . Three days later, masked men dragged fisherman Innasie Francis from his home at Karuveppankerni and shot him dead on the road. According to local sources, the victim s nephew is a LTTE member and the military-aligned Razik Group is suspected to be involved. The Army hunted for Tigers on 14 August at Arayampathy, two miles south of Batticaloa town, and ordered all residents to assemble at the local school for interrogation.