Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger military base in the rebel-held far north yesterday triggering multiple explosions, the air force said, while a suspected rebel roadside bomb killed one civilian in the east.The airstrike near the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu in the northern district of Mullaittivu was targeted at top leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and was the second such raid in the area in as many days.
“We got to know through intelligence there was a high-ranking meeting of the LTTE, so we took out the target,” said Air Force spokesman Group Capt. Ajantha De Silva. “It was an LTTE military complex called Imbran Pandian regiment.” He had no details of any casualties.