Troops consolidate, expand positions

Ranil WIJAYAPALA

Fierce fighting continued yesterday too in the Kilinochchi and Paranthan battlefronts as troops of the Task Force 1 and 57 Division further consolidated and expanded their positions north of the Pooneryn-Paranthan road and in the Kilinochchi front foiling continuous counter attacks by the LTTE, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the Daily News last night.

Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets and helicopter gunships also carried out a series of air strikes at LTTE strongholds in the Kilinochchi town and its suburbs in support of the Army 57 Division and the Task Force 1 consolidating their positions on the massive earth bund, he added.

”Troops foiled a series of counter attacks by the LTTE inflicting heavy damages on them in their bid to consolidate and further expanding their positions”, military sources added.

Troops of the Task Force-1 further expanded their positions in Chorikankulam North and further advanced some 700 meters towards Paranthan amidst stiff resistance form the LTTE.

Meanwhile, troops of the 57 Division too consolidated their position on the Tiger earth bund in the Iranamadu area inflicting heavy damages to the LTTE whilst foiling their counter attacks.