The military has captured the Mullaitivu town. Defence sources said that troops of 12 CLI of the Army 59 division entered the town this morning and are now conducting search operations in the area.
The LTTE took control of Mullaitivu in 1996 following heavy fighting with the troops. With the capture of the town today the military is now heading for the remaining areas under LTTE control in the north.
Meanwhile the Defence Ministry said that troops of the 574 brigade had thwarted an LTTE abortive mission to breach the military forward defences, destroying 3 LTTE boats and damaging 2, East of Dharmapuram in the outskirts of the Mullaittivu district yesterday.
The LTTE had launched the attack following the destruction of the Kalamadukulam Tank bund, onboard 5 boats along the flood channel, military sources were quoted saying.
Heavy artillery and mortar shells were also fired towards the area subsequently, restricting salvage and relief operations initiated by the security forces to save civilians affected due to the flood, security sources said.
The flood waters reached over 4ft and ravaged across the slope land Northwards drowning cattle, vegetations and households. Estimates of civilian casualties and damages to property are yet to be made as the LTTE continued engaging intermittent artillery attacks at the area, the Defence Ministry said.
Source : dailymirror.lk
Go SL Army! 
The LTTE took control of Mullaitivu in 1996 following heavy fighting with the troops. With the capture of the town today the military is now heading for the remaining areas under LTTE control in the north.
Meanwhile the Defence Ministry said that troops of the 574 brigade had thwarted an LTTE abortive mission to breach the military forward defences, destroying 3 LTTE boats and damaging 2, East of Dharmapuram in the outskirts of the Mullaittivu district yesterday.
The LTTE had launched the attack following the destruction of the Kalamadukulam Tank bund, onboard 5 boats along the flood channel, military sources were quoted saying.
Heavy artillery and mortar shells were also fired towards the area subsequently, restricting salvage and relief operations initiated by the security forces to save civilians affected due to the flood, security sources said.
The flood waters reached over 4ft and ravaged across the slope land Northwards drowning cattle, vegetations and households. Estimates of civilian casualties and damages to property are yet to be made as the LTTE continued engaging intermittent artillery attacks at the area, the Defence Ministry said.
Source : dailymirror.lk
Go SL Army!
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