Pasukan keamanan juga melancarkan serangan-serangan darat terhadap pemberontak Macan Tamil Kamis, sementara itu kelompok gerilya mengatakan, ribuan penduduk sipil di utara meninggalkan rumah-rumah mereka karena ketakutan pertempuran makin meningkat.
Security forces also launched ground attacks against Tiger rebels Thursday as the guerrillas said thousands of civilians in the north had fled their homes in fear of an upsurge of fighting.