Truemors
After being pushed to wall in their stronghold The Tamil tigers have carried out air strikes near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo tuesday night. A power station caught fire in the air strike. The rebels are locked in heavy fighting with the military in northern Sri Lanka, where the government is confident it will defeat a foe its has battled since 1983 in one of Asia'a longest-running insurgencies.
The attack in Colombo led to the sound of anti-aircraft fire reverberating across the city, parts of which have been blacked out as a precaution.
The army says that a "terrorist aircraft" dropped two bombs near the military base in the town of Mannar.
The Tigers have not claimed responsibility for either attack.
The group has boasted air strike capability since the first mission of what they call their Tamil Eelam Air Force, or TAF, in March 2007.
However, Sri Lankan army denied any significant damage after the air strikes. They called it an abortive Tiger air raid.
The air defence system in Colombo and suburbs was activated last night and the electricity supply to the city was suspended as a precautionary measure after a suspected Tiger aircraft dropped two bombs targeting the Kelanitissa power station.
According to Army spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara the blast caused a minor fire at the power station. Firefighters have managed to douse the fire. The electricity generation capacity will not be affected, CEB sources said.
No injuries were reported at Kelanitissa. Prior to this incident, an LTTE light aircraft dropped three bombs on the Mannar Army headquarters in Thaladdi.
Brigadier Nanayakkara said no damage was caused to the camp or any other military logistics facility in the area due to this attack.
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