Task Force 1 spearheads Kilinochchi battlefront

The Army Task Force 1 , operating on the western half of the Kilinochchi battle frontage has taken the lead of the advance, moving about 5 km northwards from the Manniyakulam -Therumurikkandi road.

Troops of 582 brigade, launched an offensive on Sunday (Oct 26) morning to clear the LTTE hiding areas in the Nochchimodai area , and were able to extend their forward boundaries to the North of Kunchchikulam by the same evening. Troops have continued their operation on Monday and have been able to further extend their boundaries after giving heavy beating to the terrorists.

According to the battlefield reports received so far, troops have found 2 bodies of slain LTTE cadres along with 3 T-56 riffles during search operations.

Nochchimodai is situated on the land mass immediately west to the Kilinochchi built up and on the middle of the 20 km stretch separating Mannar- Pooneryn (A32) road and the Jaffna- Kandy (A9) road. Task Force 1 troops after breaching the LTTE built earth bund at Vannerikulam few weeks earlier have been moving ahead dominating Manniyakulam junction, Kunchchikulam and Nochchimodai areas so far. (source defence.lk)