Nov 29, Colombo: A Police curfew was imposed on Saturday with effect from 5:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening in twelve Police Divisions in the Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district, to track down LTTE cadres in the area, in the aftermath of the killing of 15 civilians in the last few days.

The police said that the purpose of the search operation is not only to apprehend LTTE suspects who have infiltrated into the district involved in unlawful activities but also to recover their weapons used in these activities.

The Army, the Special Task Force (STF) and the Police have been engaged to conduct the operations in the district.

During the past few days at least fifteen civilians were murdered by unidentified gunmen. The police suspected a group of LTTE cadres was behind these serial killings in the district.