LTTE Headquarters,
                                                Tamil Eelam.
                                                18. June 1997

PRESS RELEASE
NEWS FROM TAMIL EELAM
                                           
PULIYANKULAM UNDER SUSTAINED ATTACK
        Puliyankulam's western sector came under heavy fire early
        yesterday as Sinhala jet-bombers and artillery shells smashed up
        more of the town's residential areas. Shells were launched from
        the army encampment at Omanthai, a Tamil town which Sri Lankan
        forces recently invaded after frightening off the local
        population and flattening important buildings. Kfir jet-fighters
        also took part in Sri Lanka's raid on Puliyankulam yesterday,
        which began at 7.45 am. The airforce and army are exclusively
        Sinhalese; the towns they are pounding are all Tamil-inhabited;
        Sri Lanka says it is liberating the Tamil people.
	
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 / Fax: 0181-470 8593)