Sri Lanka air defenses fire after suspected rebel raid

Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:20pm EDT
 
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COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka anti-aircraft guns fired late on Tuesday in the capital Colombo after what military sources said was a suspected air raid by the rebel Tamil Tigers air wing, a Reuters reporter said.

(Reporting by Bryson Hull)

 

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