Tamil Tigers deny plane shot down
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Tamil Tiger rebels have denied Sri Lankan Government claims that a guerrilla plane was shot down, and said the aircraft which bombed a military base in the island's north had "safely returned home".
However the guerrillas said they lost 10 suicide bombers who took part in a coordinated ground and air attack against the Vavuniya military complex as their aircraft bombed a radar system there.
"The aircraft of the Air Tigers that participated in the sortie safely returned home," Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiriyan said in a statement.
"Ten Black Tigers [suicide bombers] sacrificed their precious lives."
- AFP
