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LTTE air strike in Mannaar, Colombo - SLA
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 18:55 GMT]
Sri Lankan military officials in Colombo said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) carried out an air attack on Tha'l'laadi military base, the main artillery and Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) launchpad of the Sri Lanka Army in Mannaar Tuesday around 11:00 p.m. Initial reports in Colombo also indicated that fire brigade was rushed to Kelanitissa power station in Colombo after an air-strike. Meanwhile, reports from Vanni said Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) fighter jets were seen over Ki'linochchi town, Visuvamadu, Ira'naimadu and Murasumoaddai areas between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The SLAF aircrafts were using para lights in their search mission over Vanni.
Further details were not available at the moment.