Air Force fighter jets pounded on two LTTE strategic locations at Puthukkudiyiruppu and in the East of Kilinochchi this morning (Wednesday the 18th of April).

According to the Air Force sources, fighter jets have carried out two sorties, one at 10.15a.m and the other at 10.40a.m destroying an LTTE strategic communication facility and an Intelligence nerve centre. The sources further confirmed that the air attacks have completely destroyed the targets.

Meanwhile, the intelligence sources said that the details of the targets have been obtained on the real-time ground information. The target acquired in the East of Kilinochchi has been identified as one of the key intelligence nerve centres of the LTTE, where all its intelligence chiefs including Pottu Amman used visit regularly. The communication centre destroyed at Puthukkudiyiruppu has been identified as one of the LTTE's most sophisticated facility which the outfit had been using to communicate with its international counterparts, the sources further added.

Separately, Air Force carried out another air raid at an LTTE movement in Iranamadu area last night, Air Force media spokesperson Group Captain Ajantha Silva said. Speaking at the media briefing held at the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) in Colombo today, he said the air raid was carried out around 8.30p.m on the real-time ground information.