27.8.2008
Sunil C. Perera

Security forces said around four sailors were injured when a LTTE aircraft dropped two bombs in the Trincomalee Dockyard in this evening.

Our sources said that four sailors had received slight injuries due to the attack. Jetliner vessel may be a target of this Ariel attack said the Internal sources of the Sri Lanka Navy .

Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said that air craft had escaped, though the security forces had activated the air defence system around the Trincomalee harbour.

The Defence Ministry in a statement on the incident said "LTTE terrorist have carried out this attack the naval base Trincomalee .

The incident comes two days after the military carried out a training exercise in Colombo, flying one of the military aircrafts at a low altitude.