Air Force hits LTTE targets, 13 killed in Lanka

Colombo (PTI): Sri Lankan fighter planes on Wednesdaystruck twice on LTTE bases destroying the outfit's supply centre and killing two of its leaders even as ground battles in the restive north of the country left 11 Tigers dead, the Defence Ministry said here.

"Air Force fighter jet planes pounded on a LTTE supply centre at Alampilli in (rebel-held) Mulaithivu this afternoon," it said adding, "the LTTE supply centre was completely destroyed."

In another incident, it said, the air force jets hit a sea Tiger base and an LTTE intelligence centre at Wedithalathvu in North-western Mannar in the morning.

"It has been confirmed that two LTTE leaders were killed in the incident," the Ministry said.

The Pro-LTTE website Tamilnet quoting "Tamileelam police officials" claimed two civilians were wounded on Wednesday in Alamipili in Mullaiththeevu district when Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a civilian area there.

"The SLAF bombers also attacked two other places in the district, but there were no casualties, according to the police," the website said.

In ground battles, two LTTE rebels were killed in a confrontation with army troops when they attempted to enter a 'cleared area' at Pandivirichchan in Vavuniya today, the Media Centre for National Security said.

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