Colombo – Friday February 20,2009(17:35 GMT)
Two LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) aircraft attacked a tax building in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. The attack of Tamil Tiger aircrafts caused a great damage to the building, which caused fire. It was reported that 27 people were heavily injured and are admitted in the hospital. Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella reported that, one of these two rebel planes have dropped bomb on the Fort’s Inland Revenue Building. Colombo International Airport was closed as Fort attacked by LTTE rebels is near the International Airport. Rambukwella reported that one these rebel aircraft was shot down in Katunayake. The destroyed flight and body of the pilot were found by Sri Lankan Military, but the other aircraft has been missed by the radars and jets pursued it towards north. This blast was heard throughout the capital of Sri Lanka, as the military fired these two aircrafts from various parts of Colombo.
Sri Lankan Civil War is the longest running war of Asia. The war began in 1983 and more than 70,000 people were killed. LTTE rebels fight for separate nation to Tamil Eelam. Most parts of LTTE were conquered by Government. Until before this aircraft bombing in Colombo, none of the small single-engine planes were found by the Sri Lankan Army from LTTE rebels.
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