Mar 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka today launched two investigations into possible security lapses that have led Tigers to carry out its first air raid against the Sri Lanka Air Force Base, adjoining the Bandaranaike International Air Port, killing at least three airmen and injuring sixteen others.
“Five member inquiry board of the Sri Lanka Air Force has been appointed to investigate into the incident, while Criminal Investigation Department also is tasked to inquiry into the incident,” government spokesman Minister Anura Priyadharsana Yapa told the media.
However he declined to reveal further information until the ongoing investigation is over.
Air Force Spokesman Group Captain Ajantha Silva said that when enemy air craft sighted over the Air Base sky, the Air Force personnel retaliated forcing the enemy craft to withdraw form the area.
A news agency report quoting a top police source said that the police also has launched an investigation because they were the first to inform the Air Force about the sighting of two unidentified aircrafts an hour before the attack when the rebel crafts passed Ganeshapuram, in Vavuniya district.
Sri Lanka government strongly condemning the attack said the unsuccessful mission is a cowardly act in response to LTTE’s major defeats in the East.
Defense officials said that the Tigers miserably missed their target of parked Air Force fighter aircraft fleet and only caused minor damages to three Air Force buildings.
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