SL Anuradhapura airbase attacked by LTTE aircrafts
Sri Lankan MoD reports that two LTTE light aircraft dropped two bombs targeting the Sri Lankan Anuradhapura air base around 4 a.m, October 22, 2007. This attack happened during a ground attack launched by LTTE around 3 a.m. As per the report, two Russian built MI 24 helicopter gunships on ground were severely damaged in the attack. Atleast four airmen have been killed and eight have been reported to have suffered injuries in the incident. A Bell 212 helicopter which was on a mission has made a crash land onto Doramadalawa, in the Mihinthale area when the confrontation was on. The two pilots and two gunners who were onboard the helicopter, have died in the incident.
“The LTTE aircraft are believed to have come from the northern Vavuniya direction and dropped at least two bombs on the Air Force base,” Brig Nanayakkara said.
LTTE military spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told a pro-LTTE website, Tamilnet.com that they have launched an air and ground attack on Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air base in Anuradhapura in the early hours today.
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