2ND LEAD (ADDS PHOTOS)

SLAF attacks Tamileelam Police HQ, artillery barrage on Ki'linochchi

[TamilNet, Friday, 03 October 2008, 04:58 GMT]
Sri Lanka Air Force Kfir bombers attacked the Headquarters complex of the Tamileelam Police, located along the A9 Road at the heart of Ki'linochchi town Friday around 9:30 a.m. Three bunker-busting bombs hit the premises of the Tamileelam Police, destroying a hall behind the Police HQ.The main building escaped destruction as Ratha Anti-Aircraft Unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileealm (LTTE) fired at the bombers. Two of the bombs hit the nearby store of the Tamils Rehabilitation Orgsniation (TRO) causing damage to it. The attack comes after continuous barrage of artillery and Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) fire from 7:00 p.m. on Thursday to 4:30 a.m. on Friday, targeting the destruction of the township.



Air strikes were also reported in the Paravippaagnchaan suburb of the Ki'linochchi town.

The TRO store with materials for temporary huts for IDPs and food supplies was destroyed in the SLAF attack in which two Kfir bombers were engaged by the SLAF.

The re-located hospital from Mallaavi was functioning 500 meters near the attack site. The office of the Deputy Provincial Director of Health (DPDH) is also in the close vicinity of the attack site.

The windows of Vanni Institute of Technology (VanniTech), a high-tech educational institute founded and fu\ nded by a Tamils association in the Silicon Valley in the USA, shattered by the air strike.