Troops foil Nanthikadal infiltration

Rafik Jalaldeen

Troops of the 59 Division foiled an LTTE attempt to infiltrate the Nanthikadal lagoon in Mullaitivu yesterday morning inflicting heavy damages to the Tiger cadres.

Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said heavy fighting erupted as troops of 1 Sinha Regiment (1SR), and 9 Field Engineers observed a group of LTTE cadres attempting to infiltrate the army forward boundary east of the Nanthikadal lagoon. “Troops launching heavy fire obstructed the LTTE infiltration inflicting heavy casualties to the Tiger cadres,” he added.

Following a fierce battle that erupted, troops recovered 13 bodies of LTTE cadres along with a large number of weapons, suicide jackets, pistols fitted with silencers, T-56 riffles and maps.

Troops attached to the 59 Division is engaged in operations in the narrow stretch of land, on the eastern bank of Nanthikadal lagoon at present.