Kfirs bomb in Vaharai[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 January 2007, 12:20 GMT]Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir jets bombed Panichchenkerny area in Vaharai region in Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Batticaloa district around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, sources in the east said. The remaining local residents and the Internally Displaced Persons fled in panic and gathered around the Vaharai Government hospital for protection. No casualties were reported from the bombing. Continued shelling and aerial attacks have resulted in large number of people from the Vaharai region. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Army claimed that an artillery base of LTTE was bombed and destroyed in the aerial attack. Chronology: 15.01.07 Unfolding misery
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