SLA continues artillery barrage on Ki'linochchi town

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 November 2008, 22:22 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched heavy artillery fire from Friday around 8 :00 p.m till around 7 :50 a.m Saturday targetting civilian settlements, public buildings and roads in Ki'linochchi town, destroying several houses. Though thousands of people have left Ki'linochchi area to escape the artillery fire and Mulit-barrel Rocket Launcher attacks, many residents still remain reluctant to leave their houses.

SLA fired shells during the past three days had fallen and exploded on Jaffna-Kandy road, the road leading to the public hospital and Ki'linochchi Mahaa Vithiyaalayam located in the central part of Ki'linochchi town.