At least 52 LTTE cadres and five soldiers were killed as heavy fighting raged on Wednesday for control of the key Northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi with government forces pressing fighter aircraft to pound tiger bunkers on the outskirts. Fighter jets went into action this morning hitting LTTE bunkers and other concentrations on the town's periphery in two air raids, air force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said.

He said the jets targeted the LTTE heavy vehicles summoned