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Air
Force kills 22 Black Tigers
By
Ayesha Wijeratne
Sri Lanka Air Force Intelligence confirmed yesterday
that 22 Black Tiger cadres had been killed following an attack
carried out by the Air Force in Mullaitivu area on Tuesday
morning.
SLAF fighter jets launched an air strike on an LTTE leader’s
training facility located in Udayarkattukulam, Mullaitivu
yesterday around 8:30 a.m.
According to the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS)
the SLAF pilots had confirmed that the fighter jets successfully
engaged the target. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Navy destroyed an
LTTE boat and caused damages to another two off the seas of
Nayaru yesterday at dawn.
According
to the MCNS, the naval fast attack craft had observed and
engaged a fleet of LTTE boats proceeding towards Pulmoddai
from Nayaru area about two nautical miles from land around
1:30 a.m.
According to the MCNS website, the naval sources said that
these craft had been heading towards Pulmoddai and were observed
by the Navy, which chased and finally engaged these craft.
Naval reports had confirmed that one boat was completely destroyed
while two more were severely damaged. The LTTE had fled with
the damaged boats back to Nayaru. Naval craft had continued
to attack the fleeing boats, they confirmed.Nearly 10 LTTE
cadres were allegedly killed during this confrontation, naval
reports said.
No damages were reported to the naval troops during the incident.
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