Two LTTE boats destroyed

CHAMINDA PERERA

Naval craft patrolling the sea off Mullaitivu in a predawn attack yesterday destroyed two LTTE boats just a few minutes after it was detected on the radar screen.

According to Navy spokesman Captain D.K.P. Dassanayake, Dovra high speed naval craft had given chase and fired at the fleeing LTTE boats. Two bodies were recovered yesterday following a search operation and over six LTTE cadres are believed to have been killed, he said.