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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eelaalan" data-source="post: 471780" data-attributes="member: 27908">Suspect planes spark Sri Lanka alert, gunfire heardCOLOMBO, April 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military went on alert on Sunday when radar detected a suspect plane, military sources said, and witnesses said they heard explosions and firing in the capital Colombo."I can hear gunfire. I can see flashes going up into the sky above the city," a Reuters witness said. Residents said they had heard two explosions and power to the city had been cut.Late on Thursday, Sri Lankan authorities temporarily closed Colombo international airport and cut power to the city after reports suspicious airplanes were seen flying south along the coast.<a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2854890.htm" target="_blank">http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2854890.htm</a>2ND LEADColombo 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 on 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 on the air. Chaos and panicked pandemonium prevails in Sri Lanka's captial.Further details are not available at the moment. Meanwhile, at least two Sri Lanka Air Force bombers had dropped 8 bombs in Visuvamadu area in Vanni at 1:15 a.m. Casualty details were not availableSuspect planes spark Sri Lanka alert, gunfire heardCOLOMBO, April 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military went on alert on Sunday when radar detected a suspect plane, military sources said, and witnesses said they heard explosions and firing in the capital Colombo."I can hear gunfire. I can see flashes going up into the sky above the city," a Reuters witness said. Residents said they had heard two explosions and power to the city had been cut.Government officials had no immediate comment.Late on Thursday, Sri Lankan authorities temporarily closed Colombo international airport after reports suspicious airplanes were seen flying south along the coast.The air raid scare came two days after the Tamil Tiger rebels' newly unveiled air wing staged its second attack ever, dropping bombs on a military position in the north killing six people.The rebels' first air strike was on the air force base next to Colombo airport, and it took the military by surprise.Analysts believe the Tamil Tigers' air force consists of just two to five light propeller planes assembled from pieces smuggled in over time.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the rebels are officially known, want to create an independent state in the north and east of the island for ethnic minority Tamils.<a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28479270.htm" target="_blank">http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28479270.htm</a></blockquote>

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