7 soldiers, 43 Tamil Tigers killed in Sri Lanka
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Jan 27, IRNA
Sri Lanka-LTTE-Clashes
In stepped-up fighting, Sri Lankan security forces gunned down at least 43 Tamil Tigers and lost seven soldiers in the island's restive north, where the Air Force jets raided an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) transport base in the rebel-dominated Kilinochchi area on Friday.
The aerial raid targeted the LTTE base located at two kms southwest of the depot junction in Selvanagar in Kilinochchi, DD news said here quoting Sri Lankan Defence Ministry.
The raid was launched based on information received through intelligence sources and air surveillance conducted for a long period, Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Andy Wijesooriya said.
The pilots confirmed that the target was accurately hit, he said.
In ground clashes, at least nine Tigers were killed in south of Adampan in northwestern Mannar after troops destroyed seven LTTE bunkers on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said.
In another incident, troops gunned down five rebels in Muhamale in Jaffna peninsula on Thursday, the army said.
One army officer and a solder were killed in Muhamalai on Thursday due to an explosion of an improvised explosive device, the Media Center for National Security (MCNS) said.
It said that two rebels were killed in Navathkulam in northern Vavuniya on Thursday while two women Tigers were gunned down in Kallikulam.
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