That left 18 soldiers dead and 22 wounded. For the security forces and the Police, that has meant heightened security precautions. It was evident in the City and suburbs where check-points sprang up unexpectedly at various points. The intelligence community, as usual, sounded their regular warning that Tiger guerrillas may strike at targets ranging from VIPs, military installations to important economic ones. That occasion passed off without any major incident.
Today is the last day of observance of that week.
But guerrilla activity in most operational areas, both in the north and east, continued as usual. There was at least one incident that was both glaring and noteworthy. A group of soldiers who had remained awake the night before, manning the palm log and sand bag-roofed bunkers, were taking turns for morning ablutions. Tiger guerrilla mortar barrages began to fall. Two soldiers who were doing their morning wash dropped dead.