By KUNA
New Delhi : Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) fighter jets Monday attacked a LTTE base in the Wanni region, a day after the country’s Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle was killed in a suicide attack by the rebel group.
“SLAF supersonic fighter jets bombed a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) base located near Mankulam this morning,” news agency Indo Asian News Service reported, quoting Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Andi Wijesooriya.
“The pilots confirmed that the base was bombed succesfully,” Wijesooriya said. In another attack, Sri Lankan gunship helicopters targetted LTTE bunkers in the northern Jaffna peninsula today, the news agency said. “The air attacks were launched to assist ground forces coducting operations and dismantle the LTTE facilities,” Wijesooriya said.