BOTH AIR FORCE AND PRO TIGER WEBSITE SAY FUEL STORAGE TANKS DESTROYED

By Walter Jayawardhana

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The Ministry of Defense announced that its air force fighter bombers pounded on Ramanathapuram , East of Iranamadu in the rebel stronghold of Maulativu at a strategic base.

The rebel controlled Tamil Net said the Sri Lanka Air Force dropped bombs at Vaddakkachchi and destroyed a fuel storage belonging to the “private sector.”The Tamil Net said the pounding took place at 7.30.

The Ministry of Defense said, “Sri Lanka Air Force fighters pounded on a pre-identified LTTE base at Ramanatpuram east of Iranamadu, in the Mullaittivu District today morning , Monday the 07th of May.

“The SLAF supersonic fighter jets pounded on a strategic LTTE base at Ramanatpuram East of Iranamadu at 07.25 am and the SLAF confirmed that the LTTE base was completely destroyed in the successive air raids.

“According to the Air Force sources, a large complex of buildings including a fuel storage, large stock of arms, ammunition and explosives were completely destroyed.

The sources further said that the targeted LTTE base was used by the LTTE terrorists for their recent training activities.

The aerial reconnaissance reports of the attack indicated that the flame lasted for hours after the attack.

“The intelligence sources revealed that the target has been accurately identified through timely ground information received from reliable sources.”

The Ministry of Defense website published aerial photos and a video depicting the fuel storage on fire .