Pulmodai Sea Confrontation and Soosei’s rebirth

In Soosei's speech to a group of mourners at Puthukudiiruppu on Wednesday, Sea Tiger Leader Soosei has said that he was injured while test-driving a newly purchased Gun Boat at high speed.

By: Defencewire

The Sri Lanka Navy last night foiled a Sea Tiger attempt to rescue around 150 hard-core cadres trapped in the Peraru Jungles in Trincomalee through a daring beach-landing in the general area of Pulmodai. Around 20 Sea Tiger boats that took part in the mission were all driven out by Naval Troops using Dvora FAC’s and Ground Fire. One Sea Tiger ‘Lt. Col’ and around seven other cadres were killed when two Sea Tiger boats sank in a ball of fire. A Naval Rating, engaged in the direction of fire towards the Sea Tiger flotilla from land, was killed and another injured when retreating LTTE cadres made a concentrated fire towards Naval Troops. Slippers, Medicine and Claymore mines left behind on the beach were later recovered by troops. No Dvora FAC's were lost in the attack!

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In his speech to a group of mourners at Puthukudiiruppu on Wednesday, Sea Tiger Leader Soosei has said that he was injured while test-driving a newly purchased Gun Boat at high speed. He had claimed that he lost control of the boat, killing his son and another cadre. Soosei had mentioned that he was treated in a newly established hospital in Vanni. The news of Soosei’s injury had dealt a severe blow to the Tamil Diaspora and Tamil pro-LTTE websites were quick to give wide publicity to Soosei’s 'recovery' and public address