Intense fighting in northwest of Mankulam, LTTE suffers heavy beating.....

Intense fighting in northwest of Mankulam, LTTE suffers heavy beating

SRI LANKA-Troops of the newly formed military formation, Task Force 3, advancing from northwest of Mankulam towards A-9 main road dominating terror areas, confronted with LTTE terrorists causing heavy damage to the enemy yesterday, 06 November.

According to the sources, hours long fighting ensued in general area Panikkankulam leaving scores of terror cadres killed and many others injured. By intercepting terror communication, it is learnt that many terror cadres gone missing during the confrontation.

In a subsequent search operation conducted in the area, troops have fund 7 bodies of LTTE cadres killed during the intense battle. One GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun), five T-56 riffles and one T-81 riffle were also found in the search operation.

Troops are continuing their march towards Mankulam with effective military thrust on LTTE. defence.lk