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Five Tamil youths abducted by the Tamil Tigers have been detained with two LTTE carders, the security forces say. The Tigers were forcefully taking them to Sampur LTTE camp, the youths told the Sri Lanka Navy officers, when the truck they travelled stopped and searched at a check point in Nilaveli. All seven were handed over to Trincomalee office of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) by the Navy officials. The police said however the SLMM have released two LTTE members with the truck. The youths, all between 16 and 24, were then handed over to Uppuweli police station by the SLMM. They told the police that they were abducted a few days ago and kept in a government farm.
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