Troops capture Panniwedikulam earth bund in Kilinochchi
At least 20 Tigers and four soldiers were killed and 27 Tigers and six soldiers wounded, when troops belonging to 58 Division commanded by Brig Shavindra Silva, captured a section of the bunker line constructed along the Nachchikudah-Akkarayankulam road at Panniwedikulam to the west of Vannerikulam in the Kilinochchi district on October 4. The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Mi-24 helicopter gunships also assisted the troops in capturing 10 bunkers constructed on the massive earth bund, military sources said. 58 Division now operates in the Kilinochchi district, having captured a four-kilometre stretch of a massive ditch and earth bund constructed by the LTTE from Nachchikudah to the Akkarayankulam tank area. Troops have also advanced nearly two kilometres from this earth bund and are in control of the Nachchikudah-Akkarayankulam road, depriving the LTTE of a vital supply route to Nachchikudah.