| 30.5.2008
Sri
Lanka Air Force fighter jets pounded on LTTE artillery and
mortar launching platforms located at Kalmunai point, in
the Poonaryn general area this afternoon (May 30). According
to the Air Force sources, to separate sorties were launched
around 12 noon and 1.20 pm.
The
targets were accurately hit, but the exact damages to the
enemy are yet to be ascertained, the sources added.
According
to the defence sources in Jaffna, LTTE terrorists had used
the targeted locations to launch artillery attacks at the
Tamil villages in the peninsula yesterday. 6 civilians including
two children were killed and 20 others including a pregnant
mother were injured in these attacks. Dozens of civilian
houses and a catholic church were destroyed.
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