8 LTTE members killed, 4 wounded in Lankan air bombing
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, July 30, IRNA
Sri Lanka-Air Strike-LTTE Killed
Eight Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members, 2 officials and 6 cadres, were killed and four wounded when Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed Liberation Tigers' Thenaham Conference Centre in Karadiyanaru, 24 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa.
SLAF bombers attacked the LTTE run Thenaham between morning and noon today. Batticaloa Head of Tamileelam War Hero's Affairs, Thamilchelvan mama and Batticaloa Coordinator of Village Development Scheme Ariharan were among the dead, TamilNet reported quoting LTTE Batticaloa Political Head Daya Mohan.
Kfir jets dropped 12 bombs in three rounds, destroying the Conference Centre.
The attack on LTTE Conference centre, during an LTTE meeting, has taken place while Sri Lankan Minister of Disaster Relief Services Ameer Ali Shihabdeen was conducting a meeting at Batticaloa Municipal Council auditorium, civil sources in Batticaloa town said.
Two bombs were also dropped in Illupadichchenai in LTTE controlled Batticaloa.
SLAF bombers were continuing their bombing campaign for the fourth day in LTTE controlled areas.
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