Published on - 6/17/2006
MANNAR: THE POLICE POST at PESALAI and TALAIMANNAR Navy detachment came under LTTE attack from land and sea around 6.55 a.m. on 17 June 2006.
LTTE had launched twelve (12) boats to carry out this attack and the Navy had been able to destroy eight (8) boats while damaging another three (3) which resulted in killing at least thirty (30) LTTE sea tigers.
Six Navy personnel have been killed and another three suffered injuries during the confrontation while two Navy boats too were damaged.
The LTTE terrorists continued their practice of targeting innocent civilians when they fire and injured civilians who took shelter at the PESALAI Church.
The Army artillery fire and MI-24 Gun ships of the Air Force assisted in countering the failed LTTE attack.
Situation has been totally brought controlled by the Security Forces.
