They had attacked the boats with small arms and mortars when the boats came closer to the beach. Naval troops later joined in the battle and destroyed two terrorist boats. Tigers fled towards Kallarawa and naval craft that gave chase destroyed another terrorist boat, a Ministry release said. In another incident Northwest of Kunchukkulam around 6.30 am troops engaged a small group of terrorists with small arms. In a subsequent search of the area troops recovered two terrorist bodies along with three T56 weapons.
Troops continue to dominate areas ahead of defences.
On July 12 around 1. 35 am at Kumburumulla in the Batticaloa District troops in ambush observed a terrorist movement and engaged them with small arms killing four terrorists. Subsequently, troops cleared the area and recovered four terrorist bodies along with two hand grenades. On a subsequent search, troops recovered a communication set and a Push bicycle left behind by the terrorists. On July 11 around 7.30 p.m. at Nelliady, troops on information recovered a hand grenade and a sword from the area.