The military in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that its Air Force carried out air strikes against a TamilTiger rebels' target in the north.
Officials from the Media Center for National Security said the fighter jets launched air strikes on a LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) strong point at Palampiddi in the Mannar district at around 3:40 p.m. local time (1010 GMT).
The military also said the air strikes were made to support the troops in the battle field.
Meanwhile, the LTTE Peace Secretariat said in a statement that the military's persistent artillery fire into areas near Poonahariin the Mannar district has already killed two civilians during the month of April.
The secretariat also said shelters built for 41 families who lost their homes in an Air Force aerial bombing were opened on April 26 at Uduppukulam in the Mullaithivu district.
The temporary shelters were built with funding assistance from international agencies, the secretariat said.
Having taken over control of the Eastern Province last July, Sri Lanka's security forces are currently battling LTTE rebels in the north with an aim to crush them before the end of 2008.
Claiming discrimination at the hands of the majority Sinhalese government, the LTTE has been fighting against the government since the mid-1980s to establish an independent homeland for Tamilminorities, resulting in the death of more than 70,000 people in the island.
Military sources said more than 3000 combatants have been killed from both sides so far this year.
Source: Xinhua
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