(Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan military said Sunday that its Air Force successfully bombed a target of Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern district of Mulathivu in the afternoon. Officials from the Media Center for National Security said Air Force fighter jets pounded a supply facility and storage deport of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) around 4:30 p.m. (1100GMT) in the Puthukudirippu area. They said the air strike caused heavy damage to the LTTE supply facility.
Meanwhile, defense officials said 17 rebels were killed and 43 others were injured in several sporadic clashes in the northeastern Welioya area on Saturday. They said seven soldiers were also killed and seven others were injured in the clashes.
Having taken over control of the Eastern Province last July, Sri Lanka's security forces are currently battling LTTE rebels in the north with an aim to crush them before the end of 2008.