An employee of the Kelanitissa power plant was killed and one turbine and air coolers sustained damage Tuesday night when Tamileealm Air Force (TAF), the air wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) attacked the powerplant, sources in Colombo said. The air-strike was carried out on a target in Colombo after attacking the Thallaadi garrison of the Sri Lankan forces in Mannaar, causing casualties among the troops stationed at Thallaadi base, which functions as the rear station for the Sri Lankan military operation on Vanni from the Mannaar front.
Last time, when Tigers carried out a joint attack on Sri Lankan forces Vanni Headquarters (Vanni SF-HQ), the Sri Lankan forces claimed that they had shot down an aircraft of the Tigers. But, the Tigers had said their aircrafts safely landed after the Vavuniyaa operation. This time, the TAF bombers have carried out a long-range bombing mission, carrying out bombardments on two targets
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