58 overruns LTTE defences

The 58 Division overran a large section of the LTTE's Forward Defence Line at Nedunkandal North in Mannar today killing 7 LTTE cadres, reliable sources in the Mannar Command told DefenceWire. The operation resulted in the capture of 300 meters of defences including trenches, pill boxes and mounds of earth.

In fighting yesterday, MI24 helicopter gunships targeted an explosives dump at Nedunkandal West killing 10 LTTE cadres and an LTTE explosives expert (IED) from the Malathi Unit. The woman, identified by the nom de guerre 'Dhora' was inside the explosives dump at the time of the attack.

Tigers, while removing pieces of the bodies, including those of Dhora's had lamented on her death via the radio, further indicating her prominence. Mannar is one of the most heavily booby trapped frontlines in the current war.

Meanwhile three civilians undergoing emergency surgery following yesterday's train bomb succumbed to their injuries, thus increasing the number of civilian dead to 9.