By Xinhua,
Colombo : The military in Sri Lankan said three heavily armed fast boats of Tamil Tiger rebels were destroyed by the Air Force in the northeastern district of Mullaitivu Saturday afternoon.
The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Air Force fighter jets bombed the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) boats in the Mullaitivu lagoon around 5:30 p.m. (1200 GMT) on information provided by Navy units patrolling in the area.
The bombing was carried out after verifying the navy’s information through Unarmed Air Vehicles, said the statement.
Having taken over control of the Eastern Province last July, Sri Lanka’s security forces are currently engaging LTTE rebels in the north.
The LTTE has been fighting the troops since the mid-1980s to carve out a separate homeland for the Tamil minority in the north and east, resulting in the death of more than 70,000 people.