LTTE Launches Aerial Attack on Sri Lankan Military Base
Dated 24/4/2007
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Liberation of Tamil Tigers Elam (LTTE) rebels launched a second air attack on a Sri Lankan military base in Jaffna Peninsula, in which at least six army personnel were injured.
The ground fire forced a plane to turnaway before it hit the intended target, said an army spokesperson. However, the rebel group claimed that the base was hit.
According to reports, the air raid was carried out at night. Earlier on March 26, the LTTE carried out a bombing sortie on the KatunayaKe Air base.
The target of the attack was suspected to be Fifth Jet Squadron and 10th Fighter Squadron hangars located in the airbase. No fighter aircraft were then damaged, but three air force personnel were killed and 17 were injured in that attack.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a militant organization that has been waging a secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s in order to secure a separate state for the Tamil majority regions in the north and east of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).
The LTTE is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries. The LTTE is headed by its founder, Velupillai Prabhakaran.