LTTE continues to recruit child soldiers , refugees from Mullaithivu reveal

A group of 26 Tamil civilians who had escaped the non liberated areas in Mulathivu, sought refuge in the Naval Division in Nilaweli and Kallarawa in Trincomalee today, (April 1) reported that LTTE has intensified recruiting children in Mullaithivu and Kilinochchi districts .
According the Navy sources , the group of eleven civilians consisting of 05 adult males, 04 adult females and 02 children arrived at Nilaweli Naval division while another group of 15, comprising nine males and 06 females at Kallarawa this morning.
The escapees have revealed that they had to leave their homes to save their children from LTTE.
Navy said that the two groups of refugees had arrived in two fiber glass dinghies. One dinghy had 11 persons onboard including two children one aged just seven months and the other aged two and half years. The other boat had 15 persons onboard, said the sources
Upon sighting the distress calls of the escapees, the naval troops had immediately rushed to their assistance and accompanied them ashore under naval protection. They are now being provided with food and drink as well as necessary medical treatment and accommodation, the sources added.