Friday, February 20, 2009

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers launch air attack on Colombo...

Two planes belonging to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have attacked the capital Colombo, damaging a government building, officials say. 

Both planes were downed, one of them hitting inland revenue offices, killing one person and injuring at least 40 others, officials said.

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Correspondents say the attack amounts to a major embarrassment for Sri Lanka's government, which had claimed to have destroyed all the rebels' hidden runways and put its small air force out of action. Full story...

See also:

  1. Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers targeting civilians?
  2. Tamil civilians trapped in Sri Lanka fighting...
  3. Sri Lanka and the Tamil genocide...

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