One soldier killed in LTTE attack
 

BY Ranil Wijayapala and Thakshila Jayasekara

THE LTTE carried out an attack on soldiers manning a jetty in Santhiveli lagoon on Thursday night killing one soldier, military sources said yesterday.

Soldier Dilanga Dissanayake, injured in the incident succumbed to his injuries after he was admitted to the Polonnaruwa Base Hospital on Thursday night, sources added.

According to sources, the LTTE had launched this attack from the direction of LTTE controlled area across the Santhiveli lagoon.

The LTTE cadres had attacked the security forces with T 56 guns after firing a hand grenade towards them, sources added. The soldiers manning the jetty had also fired towards the direction of the firing. However, there was no confirmation about the damage to LTTE cadres.

The LTTE fired a RPG to the same jetty on Wednesday night from the direction of the LTTE controlled area, sources added. The jetty was not damaged in the attack.

SLMM Acting Spokeswoman Bilja Kutvonem told the Daily News that they were not aware of such incident in Batticaloa.