The Air Force in Sri Lanka on Monday bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel target in the north amid escalating conflict between government troops and the rebels, defense officials said.
Officials from the Media Center for National Security said an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) training camp complex located in Oddusuddan of the Mullaitivu district was pounded by Air Force fighter jet around 7:15 a.m. local time (0145 GMT).
Officials said the air strike was successful.
Air Force Commander Roshan Gunatilleke said earlier the Air Force would completely break down the military capabilities of the LTTE in 2008 by destroying its military bases, training bases, sea capabilities, armories and leadership.
Mullaitivu and other parts of the Northern Province are now the major battlefield between government troops and the LTTE after the military said in mid-July that the entire Eastern Province had been free of rebels.
More than 5,000 people have been killed in the new wave of violence since the end of 2005, making the Norwegian-brokered ceasefire agreement exist only on paper.
Claiming discrimination at the hands of the Sinhala majority, the LTTE has been fighting the government since the mid-1980s to establish a separate homeland for the minority Tamils in the north and east.
Source: Xinhua
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