AgenciesColombo: Sri Lankan Air Force on Tuesday morning captured 'the seventh and apparently the last 2-km long LTTE runway in the west of Sundarapuram, lying northeast of Piramatharukulam in Puthukkidiyiruppu.
"The tarmac had been partitioned into sixteen sections beginning from 1-16, most probably to use it as a hangar after return on completion of clandestine aerial terrorist bombing operations," sources said.
The advancing troops have already captured six airstrips and tarmacs in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts that were under the control of the rebels over the past one decade.
The LTTE is believed to be in possession of an unknown number of Czech-built Zlin Z-143 light aircraft and in the past have carried out dozens of night air-raids against military installations.
The fate of these aircraft is not known yet.
The Sri Lankan Army said last week that 95 percent of the war against the LTTE is over and the rebels are now confined to a 300 sq km area in the northeastern Mullaitivu district, facing their final battle.
In a separate report, the Lankan troops also uncovered a far-fetched colossal torture chamber cum an open prison of the LTTE in the west of Vishwamadhu area.
"The entire LTTE prison complex spreading over five acres in extent has been fenced with barbed wire rolls to a height of about 10 ft and includes tiny cells, made of concrete and cement with only thin openings for ventilation," sources said.
The entire complex has been guarded through four turrets of about 30-40 ft from all four corners of the precincts.
There was no reaction regarding the latest military claims from the rebel outfit, which has been fighting for the past quarter century to carve out a separate Tamil state.
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