Heavy fighting in ‘Mhamalai’ , More than 140 died.

Fighting has started at 2.30 a:m and continued till 12:30 Noon. LTTE cadres have firstly launched the attack.
Sri Lanka ARMY successfully battled against the LTTE and has been able to eject and kill many tigers. And SL ARMY



also has been able to take the possession of significant area of the LTTE’s Forward Defense Line. Sri Lanka Air

force’s 2 MI24 helicopters have also battled in assistance for ARMY.
SL ARMY sources revealed that face to face fighting are now over and ARMY continues in clearing the area with the

assistance of SL Air force. ARMY Intelligence says that more than 100 of LTTE cadres died in operation and many has

wounded.
SL ‘media center for security’ says, 40 Security personals died and 12 wounded in the operation.
Moreover it has been said that this was the severe fighting occurred after LTTE and SL government remove from the

MoU.