Sri Lanka Air Force MI 24 helicopter gunships pounded an LTTE bunker defence located in the East of Nadunkandal area, on the Mannar warfront this evening. According to the Air Force sources , the raid was carried out around 6.20pm as a close air support mission to assist troops moving ahead on the battlefront.

The sources further said that the targeted location was around 1 km ahead of the own defence. The target was accurately hit, the sources added.