Soosai's luxury Manson destroyed in air raid- Puthukudduyiruppu
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Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir and F-7 fighter jets
yesterday (Feb 6) destroyed a hideout of senior LTTE leader Soosai
located 1 Km northeast of Puthukudduyiruppu junction.
Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka
Nanayakkara speaking to defence.lk said that 11 LTTE cadres including a
very senior LTTE leader were killed in the attack.
He added that it has been revealed through unconfirmed
sources that Soosai was at the targeted location at the time of the
attack. However, he said it is impossible to confirm at the moment
whether Soosai was killed or wounded in the attack.
According to the Air Force spokesperson, the initial
air strike was taken on the target at 1.45, last afternoon. The mission
was to destroy an underground bunker and a luxury house of one of the
LTTE's senior leader. Following the attack, it was observed that the
terrorists were making a desperate attempt to dig out the location with
three earth moving vehicles. The fighters again hit the target at 4.45
on the same day evening destroying the three terrorist vehicles.
Meanwhile, the defence intelligence sources said that
the target was registered after through analysis of intelligence
obtained through technical and human sources. Positive identification
had been made that the targeted location at Iranapalai in
Puthukudduyiruppu as the main hideout of the terrorist band leader for
the seagoing cadres Soosai, before the air strike was launched.
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