Heavy damages to the LTTE

Ten LTTE terrorists were killed in confrontation in MANTAI North. Mannar to day at noon .
The Army troops launched attacks destroying LTTE bunkers using armoured tanks
The Air Force assisted them by air strike using MI 24 fighter helicopters planes
Intercepted LTTE communication revealed that air strikes caused heavy damages to the LTTE, wounding a large number of their carders and killing ten
Two soldiers died and four injured in the melee.