Colombo in dark following airstrike alarm
[TamilNet, Saturday, 28 April 2007, 20:11 GMT]
Power supply was cut off in Colombo at 1:10 a.m. Sunday when the city was watching the Cricket world cup final match. Sri Lanka Air Force personnel opened fire in the air and Sri Lankan armed forces from their positions in Colombo, Ratmalana, Wattala, Negombo, Kolonnawa, Rajakirirya and other suburbs of the city began firing razor bullets in the air. Chaos and pandemonium prevails in Sri Lanka's capital.
Further details are not available at the moment.
Meanwhile, at least two Sri Lanka Air Force bombers dropped 8 bombs in Visuvamadu area in Vanni at 1:15 a.m., sources in Kilinochchi said.
Casualty details are not available.
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