Militer Sri Lanka mengakui bahwa Macan Tamil telah menggunakan pesawat mereka untuk pertama kali dan membom pangkalan udara tersebut, tempat dua orang tewas dan sebanyak 17 orang lagi cedera.
Sri Lanka's military admitted that the Tigers had used their aircraft for the first time and bombed the airbase, where two people were killed and another 17 wounded.