Last modified on: 2/9/2009 10:18:18 PM

LTTE 'Mech Infantry" type intrusion turns fiasco; 15-20 terrorists killed Sri Lanka Army 14 Gajaba Regiment and Armoured Corps soldiers operating at the 59 Division frontline have foiled an attempted LTTE intrusion by an improvised armoured personnel carrier this afternoon (Feb 7). According to the battlefield sources, the terrorists have attempted to breach the army forward boundary south of Puthukkudiyiruppu junction using a similar tactic used by the army mechanised infantry. However, the attempt tuned a fiasco as the well-prepared soldiers received the inrushing armoured vehicle with rocket propeller grenades (RPG) and a shower armoured tank fire. Troops have observed about 15 -20 armed cadres in the vehicle before it was destroyed. The sources said that there about 10-15 bodies of slain LTTE cadres could be visible scattered in the no man's area.