LTTE PLANES ATTACK COLOMBO

Colombo: At least two LTTE aircraft entered Colombo's airspace and droped two bombs near Sri Lankan army headquarters on Friday night. At least 28 people are reportedly injured in the air attacks.
"Two aircraft came and the engagement is still going on," said Lankan air force spokesman, Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara.
The LTTE aircraft was spotted over the skies in northwestern Mannar forcing the authorities in Colombo to activate air defences system and shut down power supply in the national capital.
According to sources, the radar in Mannar detected the LTTE aircraft short while ago following which the air defence system in Colombo was activated.
Anti-aircraft guns were heard firing in the air in Colombo.
Power was cut off and searchlights pointed to the sky to detect any suspected LTTE aircraft, he said.
Troops in the north reported that two unidentified aircraft were heading towards Colombo, the sources said.
Past tense
On November 6 last year, the Sri Lankan Air Force and the army went on an alert following reports of an LTTE aircraft hovering around northern Vavuniya.
An LTTE mini aircraft had dropped two low-intensity bombs at a power station in the Sri Lankan capital immediately after attacking an army camp in Mannar late last October.
On the same night, prior to the Colombo air attack, an LTTE light aircraft dropped three bombs targeting the Thallady Army camp in North-western Mannar causing minor injuries to three army soldiers, according to the military.
The Tigers prior to that carried out an air and ground attack on a military camp in the northern town of Vavuniya in September, killing 11 Sri Lankan soldiers.
The LTTE is believed to have at least three Czech-built Zlin ZO 143's light aircrafts which were likely acquired between April and July, 2006.
The LTTE air force came into prominence when it struck the Sri Lankan military air base inside Colombo's international airport in March, 2007