Boys 'abducted' in Kilinochchi-BBC News

Boys 'abducted' in Kilinochchi

	The group has allegedly abducted 30 Tamil boys

A group of boys abducted in Kilinochchi and taken towards Vavuniya in a bus by an armed group were later released, a Tamil boy has told security officials in the north.

28 out of 30 children were released by the armed group at the Omanthai military check point, the boy has told the police.

While travelling towards Vavuniya, the boy has said, at least four armed men were comparing photographs stored in a laptop computer with those abducted.

Two of the abducted were later taken towards Vavuniya by the group said the victim.

A senior police official in Kilinochchi told the BBC that the police received a complaint by one of the boys allegedly abducted.

But the police are yet to find any information regarding the two missing boys, the official added.

Reports from the main city of northern Sri Lanka, Jaffna, say people there are living in fear because of a current series of killings, abductions and robberies.

Director General of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle told BBC Sandeshaya that he was not aware of any abductions although police are investigating the killing of a civil servant.

"Jaffna is a peaceful place totally under the control of security forces," he added.

Boys 'abducted' in Kilinochchi-BBC News