Security forces destroyed another LTTE bunker line in a pre dawn attack and secured around 600 metres along the Uilankulam -Andankulam road in Parappakandal, Mannar.

The attack commenced around 5.30 a.m. and forced the enemy to retreat further into its territory. According to the Media Centre for National Security, the bunker line had been covered with a soil bund in order to prevent the mortars fired by the army from exploding.

The army has been carrying out sporadic attacks on the enemy lines in

the Mannar area and has regained some of the territory it had abandoned when taking up duties in the North a few years ago.

It was reported that that the civilian exodus from the LTTE controlled areas to the government controlled areas is on the on the increase. A number of families were risking their lives and fleeing their homes to escape from the clutches of the Tigers, as their children were being conscripted and the elderly people taken for forced labour.

Even some of those have already been with the organisation have fled from their camps and surrendered to the nearest security forces camp, the MCNS said.