SLAF pounds LTTE targets in Kilinochchi, Mannar

Ranil Wijayapala

COLOMBO: Kfir fighter jets of the Sri Lanka Air Force yesterday engaged two identified LTTE targets in Kilinochchi and Mannar considered to be a major threat to national security, Military Spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told the Daily News.

The Brigadier said the target taken in Kilinochchi was a military training camp north-east of Kilinochchi. The other target was a Sea Tiger base in Mannar.

Kfir fighter jets on Wednesday too bombed identified LTTE artillery gun positions close to Kathirveli in Batticaloa to neutralise the LTTE artillery and mortar fire directed towards Kajuwatta and Mankerni Army camps.

Brigadier Samarasinghe said LTTE continued with sporadic artillery and mortar attacks towards Security Forces defences in Batticaloa yesterday too.

"The Security Forces repulsed those attacks with artillery and mortar fire," the Brigadier added.