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Tamil Tigers' sea HQ 'destroyed'

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The Sri Lankan air force says it has destroyed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels' sea force.

An air force spokesman said the attack took place in the north-eastern district of Mullaitivu. The Tigers say a civilian area was bombed.

"We now understand that the base was the headquarters of the Sea Tigers," Cap Ajantha Silva told the Associated Press news agency.

On Monday the army said it had overrun four rebel bases in eastern Sri Lanka.

'Small boats'

The headquarters of the Sea Tigers was still burning an hour after the attack, Cap Silva says.

He said fighter jets had bombed the complex several kilometres inland in the northern district of Mullaitivu. It included a fuel storage area and an ammunition dump, according to the spokesman.

He said there were no details of casualties on the ground.

Tamil Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan confirmed that a bombardment had taken place in Mullaitivu, but he said it was near a civilian settlement.

The Sea Tigers operate small boats armed with guns.

In recent months, they have taken part in several pitched battles with the Sri Lankan navy.

There has been heavy fighting in Sri Lanka as the government continues its attempts to drive the rebels from eastern areas of the island.

Last week the rebels launched their first air raid, bombing the airbase adjacent to the international civilian airport near the capital, Colombo.

The army said 23 Tigers were killed in a clash in the eastern district of Batticaloa that began late on Monday.

On the same day a bomb exploded on a civilian bus, also in the east, killing sixteen people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6525127.stm

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