Sri Lanka destroys Tamil command post

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 15 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan armed forces bombed and destroyed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam command center Sunday, military officials said.

The country's air force used fighter jets to destroy what it called a combat logistics facility in the rebel-held Mullaitivu district in the northern part of the island, the Indo-Asian News Service reported. It quoted a Sri Lankan defense ministry spokesman saying the facility was an important one that also contained a large fuel dump, which exploded as the bombs were dropped.

"It is a major setback to the (LTTE) terrorists," the spokesman said, adding seven soldiers were wounded during a concurrent ground offensive in the area.

Elsewhere in northern Sri Lanka, sporadic fighting was reported along battle fronts that killed 13 LTTE rebels and seven government soldiers, the Media Centre for National Security told the Colombo Page. It said one soldier was killed another was wounded during a skirmish in the Mannar area.