10.4.2008

Sri Lanka army at two separate occasions attacked LTTE boats detected in Jaffna lagoon last morning (April 9).

According to the defence sources in Jaffna, seven LTTE boats in two groups were detected in the Jaffna lagoon , off Ariyalai , moving towards security forces forward defence line (FDL) around 10.20 am. Army attacked the LTTE boats at close range using armour tanks, said the sources. Tank crews have confirmed that one LTTE boat was exploded during the confrontation, the sources added.

Elsewhere in the Jaffna lagoon, army directed artillery fire at an LTTE boat detected around 11.20 am. Later, a body of a suspected LTTE agent was found washed ashore said the sources.