Air Force pounds Tiger gathering points

SLAF Fighter jets pounded a LTTE gathering point 2.5 km north of Vannerikulam tank area around 4.10 p.m. yesterday. These air strikes were in support of the troops on the kilinochchi battlefront, Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said.

He said Air Force MI 24 helicopter gunships lunched strikes at a Tiger bunker line three Km north of Vannerikulam around 12.15 p.m.

This attack was in support of Task Force 1 troops operating in the western half of the Kilinochchi front. The targets were taken accurately, the spokesman said