SLAF pounds Tigers’ high-tech IT facility

Rafik JALALDEEN

The Air Force launched a series of aerial attacks yesterday early morning at the Tigers’ High Tech IT facility run by Charles Anthony, son of Prabakaran and the LTTE transit point and storage facility in Pudukudiyiruppu and Udayarkattukulam.

Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said Air Force fighter jets pounded the LTTE high tech facility yesterday around 6.30am.

“The target was five km northeast of Pudukudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu. It was the LTTE IT headquarters. The SLAF fighters destroyed the target causing heavy damages to the outfit,” he added.

Wing Commander Nanayakkara said the Tigers’ IT unit was run with high tech capabilities.

According to military sources Charles Anthony, an IT graduate was managing the LTTE high technology sector.

‘The LTTE high tech was a substantial complex located in the thick jungle of Pudukudiyiruppu and equipped with computers, international communications equipment and other sophisticated equipment solely used for military purposes,” Wing Commander Nanayakkara told the Daily News

Meanwhile, the Air Force fighter jets carried out an air raid targeting the LTTE transit point and storage facilities yesterday at around 6.40am in Udayarkattukulam, Killinochchi.

“The LTTE cadres used this location to transit their cadres and weapons had been installed at this storage”, Wing Commander Nanayakkara said.

In another twin air raid, Air Force fighter jets pounded precisely at LTTE gathering points 3km and 4km west of Iranamadu Tank around 10.10am yesterday.

“The twin air raids were carried out at the same time and the LTTE suffered heavy damages,” he added.

He said the attacks were carried out following accurate ground intelligence information and air surveillance.