25.12.2007
Sri Lanka Army yesterday (December
24) continued to pound on the Defences of the LTTE run mono
ethnic hell hole in the Island's North causing heavy damages
to the terrorists. Reports from the Northern battlefronts
indicate that at least 14 terrorists were killed in the
yesterday clashes along the Wanni and Jaffna Forward Defence
Lines (FDLs) during last 24 hours. Further, 5 soldiers were
injured in the yesterday's battles and now are being treated
at Vavuniya and Anuradhapura hospitals.
Troops
operating along the Wanni FDL, confronted with the terrorists
at several occasions both on the Vavuniya and Mannar fronts.
On
the Vavuniya front, troops clashed with LTTE terrorists
at Pokkaravani, Kandaperumakulama, Navatkulama areas killing
10 terrorists including two LTTE regional leaders.
At
Pokkaravani, clashes broke out as the terrorists launched
heavy artillery and mortar attack at the security forces'
defence line around 11.15, last morning. Two soldiers suffered
serious injuries due to shelling and were admitted to Anuradhapura
Military Hospital. Troops having located the LTTE gun positions
responded with artillery fire until the terrorists ceased
the shelling. Monitored LTTE radio transmissions have revealed
that two terrorists' leaders were killed in the incident.
Again
in the Pokkaravani area three soldiers sustained injuries
as a trapped mine exploded around 4.40 on the same day evening.
The soldiers were immediately evacuated to the field hospital
at Vavuniya.
At
Kandaperumakulama, troops ambushed LTTE infiltrators at
two occasions killing six LTTE cadres last evening. In the
first incident that took place around 3.30.p.m, ground troops
claimed that two terrorists were killed and in the second
that took place around 4.30.p.m, the same sources said that
four LTTE cadres were killed. Troops suffered no own casualties
in either of the incidents, the sources added.
Meanwhile,
troops killed two more LTTE cadres at another ambush laid
at Navatkulama around 11.45, last forenoon.
On
the Mannar front, troops attacked a bunker manned by LTTE
terrorists located in the South of Adampan area last morning.
Ground sources have claimed, at least two terrorists were
killed in the incident which took place around 6.a.m.
On
the Jaffna theatre of battle, troops destroyed two bunkers
in Kilaly and Nagarkovil fronts and claimed two terrorists
were killed in yesterday's clashes.
At
Kilaly, troops attacked a terrorists, bunker around 4.p.m
and claimed that two terrorists were killed and the bunker
was destroyed. No casualties reported to own troops in this
incident.
Separately
at Nagarkovil, troops attacked LTTE bunker line around 5.12.a.m
on the same day and claimed that one bunker was destroyed.
Terrorists casualties in this incident were not indicated.
Courtesy
- Sri Lanka Defence
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