SLAF raids Tiger gathering place

Sri Lanka Air Force MI-24 Helicopter gunships carried out a close air support mission targeting a LTTE gathering place 5.5 Km north of Vellankulam last afternoon.

Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said that the air sorties were carried out around 2.00 p.m. to assist the ground troops advancing northwards along the A-32, Mannar - Poonaryn, main road.

LTTE terrorists who fled after losing their strongholds located along the Western coast in Vidattaltivu, Illuppaikkadavai and Vellankulam areas have reorganised in this area to resist the advancing troops, sources said.