January 02, 2009 11:57 IST
Last Updated: January 02, 2009 12:21 IST
Sri Lankan troops have entered Killinocchi, the administrative headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Presidential office said on Friday.
Killinocchi: The kiss of death
The troops, backed by fighter jets, had on Thursday stormed two key rebel bastions near Killinocchi in the island's north after killing 50 guerrillas and injuring 100.
Killinocchi will not fall, says Prabhakaran
The security forces took control of the rebels' Iranamadu Junction on Thursday, shortly after capturing the LTTE's [Images] strategic Paranthan town.
LTTE has 15,000 armed fighters left
LTTE fighters put up a stiff resistance from their vital Iranmadu Junction, considered a strategically-important rebel stronghold along the A-9 Trunk road, located 6 km south of Killinocchi.
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