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| Sri Lanka |
| Tamil Tiger Rebels Claim Second Air Attack On Military Base |
| 2007-04-25 |
| (AKI) - The rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have claimed responsibility for the air attack on a Sri Lankan military base in the northern Jaffna peninsula. According to the Sri Lankan ministry of defence in Colombo, the Tamil Tigers tried to get close to the Palaly base, 400 kilometres north of the capital, but they were prevented from doing so. A spokesperson for the Sri Lankan military however said that during the aerial attack, eight bombs were launched. The Tamil Tigers insisted that the Palaly base was hit. According to the rebel website, following the bombardment, several successive explosions were heard, a sign that an arms depots was hit in the attack. The first air raid conducted by the Tamil Tigers was on 26 March when they succeeded in dropping three bombs on a military airbase near the international airport in the capital Colombo. In the past 15 months, clashes between the separatist rebels and government forces have claimed the lives of about 4,000 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |