Air Force launches four attacks on Tiger targets

The Sri Lanka Air Force carried out four air raids targeting terrorist gatherings in the forward area on the Wanni battlefront yesterday.

Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said the first of the air raids was launched by fighter jets at 11 a.m. targeting a terrorists’ gathering five km north of Nachchikudha.

The attack was launched in support of Task Force 1 soldiers operating on the western half of the Kilinochchi front, he added.

The second air strike was carried out around 12 noon targeting a terrorist location identified 3 km North of Akkarayankulam area, said the spokesman.

The other raids were close air support missions in support of the Army’s 57 division troops operating in the eastern half of the Kilinochchi front. MI 24 helicopters attacked two Tiger resistance points, one located 1.5 km southwest of Akkarayankulam at 10 a.m. and the other located two km northeast of Akkarayankulam at 1 p.m.