It says the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have lost many senior leaders and are now confined in a 20 square kilometer safety zone that has been designated by the government for civilians seeking sanctuary from the fighting.
VOA: standard.2009.04.06
The circumstances are unclear but a video posted by opposition activists purported to show a young Alawite boy describing how government forces had destroyed a building where the civilians were being held hostage by pro-government militia.
The human rights worker, who had documented hundreds of cases of abuse against civiliansbygovernment backed militias, had been abducted from her office before her body was found.