Forces foil LTTE attempt to attack Palali base

Alert security forces at Vettilaikerni detected an LTTE light aircraft approaching the Northern peninsula this morning and fired at it forcing the aircraft to fly away. The aircraft, while flying away has dropped two bombs at Mailadi coast....

Defence Spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said that the LTTE aircraft apparently had plans to attack the Palali Army Base, the biggest security force establishment in the North. “But the objective could not be achieved as the alert security force personnel detected the aircraft and fired at it,” he said.....

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