Three LTTE sea tiger boats destroyed - Off Point Pedro

[ruchira_jay]

Three LTTE sea tiger boats destroyed - Off Point Pedro
Whilst the Naval troops on patrol duty detected four clusters of LTTE boats heading towards Point Pedro from Kadaikadu, south of Vettilaikerni at 4.30 p.m today, Tuesday the 19th of June.

Naval Fast Attack Craft intercepted 15 to 20 LTTE sea tiger boats and three of them were completely destroyed while another two sustained heavy damages in a sea battle erupted off Point Pedro, defence sources said.

The Navy supported by ground troops with heavy MBRL and artillery fire while the MI 24 helicopter gun ships inflicted heavy damages to the Sea Tiger boats.

Naval sources confirmed that LTTE sea tigers are currently withdrawing towards Kadaikadu with heavy damages and an LTTE boat is in flames due to the effective sea, ground and air attack launched by the security forces.

More details will follow.

http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070619_07

 

[bandula]

Yes,Yes, Good news

 

[lodperera]

el ela elama ela..

 

[deffa]

hey tamilnet is blocked by the government

 

[ruchira_jay]

hey tamilnet is blocked by the government

yeah..yeah,...heard that...isnt that good machang la..?..all that bloody tamilnet site does is promoting LTTE..

 

[Tuffey]

yeah....... that is the way it should be........

 

[ruchira_jay]

Three LTTE sea tiger boats destroyed - Off Point Pedro
Whilst the Naval troops on patrol duty detected four clusters of LTTE boats heading towards Point Pedro from Kadaikadu, south of Vettilaikerni at 4.30 p.m today, Tuesday the 19th of June.

Naval Fast Attack Craft intercepted 15 to 20 LTTE sea tiger boats and three of them were completely destroyed while another two sustained heavy damages in a sea battle erupted off Point Pedro, defence sources said.

The Navy supported by ground troops with heavy MBRL and artillery fire while the MI 24 helicopter gun ships inflicted heavy damages to the Sea Tiger boats.

Naval sources confirmed that LTTE sea tigers are currently withdrawing towards Kadaikadu with heavy damages and an LTTE boat is in flames due to the effective sea, ground and air attack launched by the security forces.

More details will follow.

http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070619_07

....UPDATE....

Fierce sea confrontation causes heavy defeat to the Terrorists
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Five Tiger boats destroyed and nine damaged

Navy suspect 40 LTTE cardres killed

Sri Lanka Naval patrolmen confronted with four clusters of LTTE Sea Tiger boats after detecting them heading towards Point Pedro from Kadaikadu, south of Vettilaikerni, yesterday late evening. “Clusters comprised of 20 LTTE boats along with four suicide crafts,” Naval sources said.

In the sea battle that continued for many hours, Naval Fast Attack Craft (FAC) with the support of the Army and the Air Force, destroyed five LTTE boats and damaged nine. Two withdrawing Sea Tiger crafts were also among the destroyed.

The Navy suspects that around 40 LTTE Sea Tiger cardres would have been killed in the battle severely injuring many of the Sea Tiger cardres.

Sri Lankan Army ground troops and the Air Force immediately rushed to the scene of incident backing up with MI 24 helicopter gun ships and Army with fire support utilizing land-based Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) and 130mm artillery to engage the enemy.

“According to intercepted communication channels of the LTTE, Sea Tigers with heavy casualties have asked for immediate reinforcements,” Naval sources further said

 

[ehiranya]

Ela ela.. Thanks for the news..

 

[Alaya]

baduma thama