LTTE Headquarters,
                                                Tamil Eelam.
                                                07. August 1997

                                                
LTTE PRESS RELEASE
NEWS FROM TAMIL EELAM

NON-STOP SHELLING FROM ARMY AT NEDUNKERNI
        Sri Lankan armed forces occupying Nedunkerni on Tuesday
        launched a massive artillery assault on seven surrounding
        Tamil towns: Oddusuddan, Karipattamurippu, Kanakarayankulam,
        Kollarpuliyankulam, Karapukuthi, Mathiamadu and Puliyankulam.

KFIRS STRIKE CIVILIAN TARGETS FOR THIRD DAY -- MULLAITIVU
        Sri Lankan warplanes are routinely roaring over Mullaitivu
        airspace and conducting bombing raids on Tamil civilian centres.
        For the third successive day Kfir bombers surveyed the region
        and then dropped bombs on clearly identified civilian dwellings,
        fishing boats and cattle. Afterwards, the planes headed
        back southwards. 

ELEPHANT PASS CAMP SHELLS CIVILIAN AREAS
        Three Sri Lankan artillery shells fell on Ilankopuram and another
        five on Visvamadu's 3rd colony Tuesday morning. The shells were
        fired from Sri Lanka's army camp at Elephant Pass. Although no
        one was hit, many frightened Tamil people fled due to fear, adding
        to the half a million Tamil people in Vanni already displaced
        by Sri Lankan military agression.

Political Committee,
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
        
(English translation of the LTTE statement released by LTTE
International Secretariat, 211 Katherine Road, London E6 1BU,
United Kingdom.  Tel:0181- 503 4294)