
Sri Lanka army launched a surprise attack on LTTE front defence line in Muhamalai and Nagarkovil this morning(30 th January, 2008). An army group of about 100 soldiers were involved in this attack and they were able to overun the LTTE front defence line around 12.45 am destroying about 35 LTTE underground bunkers and killing more than 10 LTTE cadres .

A RPG launcher, 60mm mortar bomb and a stock of ammo were recovered at the search operations.