By SPA
Colombo : Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed and destroyed a Tamil Tiger forward operating and sea training base in the island’s rebel-held far north on Friday, the military said, according to Reuters.
However, there were no immediate details of any casualties from the raid in the northeastern district of Mullaittivu, a day after the air force said it had destroyed a rebel camp in the same area.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were not immediately available for comment on the latest burst of civil war violence, and there were no independent accounts of what happened.
“We believe that it (the base) has been substantially damaged,” said Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Andrew Wijesuriya.
“Basically its their forward operating base to launch operations in Welioya and it is also used to train sea Tiger cadres.”
Fighting between the military and the Tigers has intensified since the government formally scrapped a 6-year-old ceasefire pact last month. The government says the rebels had used the truce to re-arm and has vowed to crush them.