The U.S. embassy in Colombo issued the following warden message:
The US Embassy in Sri Lanka continues to advise all American citizens not to travel to any location in the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka. The recent increase in the number of violent and deadly incidents between Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE has caused the security situation to become unstable and unpredictable. The Embassy reminds all Americans, that travel to any place in Sri Lanka north of a line from the towns of Puttalam through Anuradhapura to Trincomalee is severely discouraged. more…