The Sri Lankan military said its Air Force jets bombed a camp of Tamil Tiger rebels in the north on Sunday, amid conflicting reports of another bombing carried out by the Air Force on Friday.
Officials from the Media Center for National Security said Air Force jet aircraft pounded a leaders' camp of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) around 9 a.m. (0330 GMT) on Sunday in the Mannar district.
Air Force officials said the target was successfully engaged.
Meanwhile, defense officials said 10 LTTE rebels were killed and nine were injured in Kilinochchi district in another air attack against a Sea Tiger training camp on Friday.
They said a female Sea Tiger leader named Kalai Arasi was among the killed and many LTTE fighter boats were damaged in Friday's bombing.
The government's claim came after an LTTE report saying the Air Force bombed a civilian settlement on Friday, killing eight civilians and injuring 14 others.
In the eastern Batticaloa district, an LTTE suicide bomber exploded himself Sunday morning and killed two members of the TMVP(Tamileela Peoples Liberation Tigers), a breakaway political and military group split from the mainstream LTTE in 2004.
Government troops and the LTTE are currently engaged in intensive military conflicts in the north, with the government determining to defeat the LTTE before the end of this year.
The military said more than 700 people have been killed in the escalating conflict since the beginning of this year.
The LTTE has been fighting for a separate homeland for minority Tamils in the north and east for more than two decades, resulting in the death of more than 70,000 people.
Source: Xinhua
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