Seven hundred elite Sea Tigers presumed killed in Tsunami?

 
Tamils leaving for Government held areas have told the Security Forces that the LTTE has launched an under-sea operation to retrieve their powerful military hardware washed away to the sea during the recent Tsunami, it is reported.

Seven hundred armed elite Sea Tigers were presumed to be killed. The hardest-hit Verugal Camp alone has lost about 200 Tiger cadres. Another LTTE stronghold known as Paul Point is reported to be completely destroyed with 150 cadres who manned it.
Three LTTE sea craft have been retrieved. One hundred and fifty cadres with a large consignment of explosives were at the Aditya base which went under water.

The number of lives lost at Mundel Camp is estimated to be around 50. It has now been revealed that all Sea Tiger camps along the coastal belt from Sampur to Berugal were destroyed by the tsunami. All the Tiger cadres who lost their lives were buried at the Sampur Public Cemetery, sources reported.