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Colombo, Nov 02: The LTTE`s political head S P Thamilselvam was killed in a raid by the Sri Lanka Air Force on Friday morning in Kilinochchi in the island`s embattled north, dealing a major blow to the rebels.
In a statement, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam said it was “conveying the loss of S P Thamilselvam with profound sadness to the people of Tamil Elam, Tamil diaspora and the global community.”
Earlier, the Sri Lankan Air Force in its third aerial attack this week carried out two simultaneous raids targeting a gathering of LTTE leaders and a Black Tiger base in Kilinochchi in the embattled north.
According to the pilots, a suspected hideout of LTTE leaders at Thuruaiaru in northern Sri Lanka and a Black Tiger base, which houses the rebels` suicide squad, in northeast of Iranamadu, were completely destroyed in the air raid, the Ministry said in a statement .
Meanwhile, according to pro-Tiger website tamilnet., LTTE supremo V. Prabhakaran yesterday conferred `awards of valour` to tiger cadres who took part in the attack on the anuradhapura air base late last month.
