Meeravodai army detachment attacked

An Army detachment at Meeravodai in the Eastern province came under heavy attack at 2.30 pm yesterday, army sources said.

Four rounds were fired from a 40 mm grenade launcher and fortunately the rounds had fallen outside the camp without causing any damage to the camp or the troops, sources said.

The Army sources also said the Meeravodai detachment was located 23 km North West of Batticaloa. If the rounds had fallen inside the camp the damages would have been severe. The SLMM has been reported over the incident, sources said.