COLOMBO - Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger logistics base in the islandÂ’s far north on Wednesday, hours after insurgents killed four soldiers in a clash in the northwest, the military said. The air strike near the rebel-held town of Puthukkudiyiruppu in the far north of the tear-drop shaped Indian Ocean island is the latest in a series of raids as the military pushes on with a declared plan to destroy Tiger war assets.There were no immediate details of any casualties, or independent confirmation of what the jets hit. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were not immediately available for comment.
“The air force took targets south of Puthukkudiyiruppu and bombed an LTTE logistics base,” a spokesman at the Media Centre for National Security said, declining to give his name in line with protocol. “It was successful.”
Fighting is now focused on the north after the military captured the TigersÂ’ eastern stronghold, and WednesdayÂ’s clash is the latest in a string of land and sea battles in recent months.