LTTE suffers ignominious defeat in Mannar ; Army Captures Sluice
Gates of Sinnaodaippu
Sri Lanka Army soldiers running at terror defences
in Mannar today (February 28) achieved a tremendous success against LTTE
terrorists by establishing the domination over the area of Sinnaodaippu
in the North of Giant Tank today (February 28). According to the latest military
reports received from Mannar battlefront troops have been able to
capture an important sluice gate in the area along with a fortified
bunker and a trench defence of the terrorists.
According to the defence sources in the area, Sri
Lanka army infantrymen backed by artillery, launched the first assault
at the terrorists' defence line around 10.a.m. and were able to beat off
the terrorists by 11.45.a.m. The ground troops have reported that 20
terrorists were killed during the confrontation. However, the overheard
radio transmissions of LTTE have revealed that only 14 cadres were
killed during the first assault. During the subsequent search in the
area , troops
have found six T-56 riffles.
The sources further said that the terrorists made
a counter attack around 12 noon with terror leaders Bhanu and Lakshman
leading from the back. About 70-80 terrorists reported to have come to the attack but
were crushed in the army retaliatory fire, said the sources. The
terrorists have quickly turned tail with heavy casualties despite the
wailing of Bhanu and Lakshman on radio for the frontlines to hold out,
the sources added.
Ground troops have reported 20-30 LTTE cadres were
either killed or wounded. Also, the LTTE radios have transmitted an
inevitable retreat with heavy damages after the abortive counter attack.
Further , the Army snipers who were deployed along
with advancing troops have reported shooting down of 10 more LTTE
cadres.
Four soldiers suffered injuries , including 2 in
serious conditions. The injured were rushed to Anuradhapura hospital.
Troops are consolidating their defence in the newly liberated terroritoy. |
