Two Tamil Tiger aircraft sensationally bombed the Sri Lankan capital on Friday night, wounding upto 40 people, but the military brought down both planes as they tried to flee back towards the country`s north.
Two light aircraft of the LTTE flew into Colombo city around 10 pm, provoking fierce anti-aircraft fire after India-supplied radars detected them.
Evading anti-aircraft battery, one of the planes dropped a bomb on the headquarters of the Inland Revenue Department in the heart of the capital, causing a huge explosion. By then, Colombo had been blacked out and was in a state of high alert after troops in the northern Wanni region reported the LTTE aircraft taking off, apparently from an isolated airstrip.
Image: Shots from an air defence anti-aircraft gun light up the sky during an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo on Friday, February 20, 2009.
Text: IANS
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