The sources further said that the senior terrorist leader Pullawar Annan alias Thuiyyawan Master and four others were killed when the soldiers ambushed their vehicle movement around 4 last evening.

A senior defence official speaking to defence.lk said that the soldiers had acquired the target with precise intelligence obtained through very reliable sources . He further said that the loss of Tuiyywan Master would have severe impact on the terrorist outfit since he was known to be the most experienced person in heavy weapons such as heavy mortars and artillery guns.

LTTE is a terrorist outfit fighting for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils living in Sri Lanka since 1983. During its two and half decades of terrorist war against Sri Lankan citizens over 65,000 people were killed.

Courtesy - Sri Lanka Defence