The army Tuesday night thwarted what would have been one of the last LTTE counter attacks on troops now positioned south of the no firing zone.
In an attempt to drive out the 59 Division troops who had crossed the Waduvakkal Bridge to reach the southern edge of the no firing zone earlier on the day, the LTTE had launched a two-pronged assault, a senior army official told The Island.
According to him as four explosives-laden LTTE craft approached the newly liberated area, a sizeable group of terrorists who had come in two large boats landed a little distance away from the northern ...