New Delhi, Jan 28, IRNA ,Sri Lankan security forces killed 38 Tamil Tigers and lost two soldiers in spiralling fighting with the rebels in the island’s embattled north, where the Air Force jets today raided an LTTE base.
“Air Force fighter jets today pounded LTTE gun positions located in the Kalmunai Point in Paranthan in Northern Sri Lanka”, PTI reported here quoting Sri Lankan Defence Ministry.
The attack was launched in retaliation for the artillery shelling by the LTTE at the Jaffna peninsula this morning, defence sources said.
Sri Lanka Army responded to the attack with heavy artillery and multi-barrel rocket fire, the army said.
“The air raids were successful,” it said.
In ground clashes, at least three militants were killed in Alakallapottakulam in Vavuniya today, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said.
At Pandirichchan in Vavuniya, at least 10 militants were killed yesterday in a clash, it said.