The Sri Lankan forces have reached the outskirts of Kilinochchi town, a stronghold of Tamil rebels, and the LTTE supremo is now a "caged animal", the army chief said in Colombo on Thursday even as fierce clashes left 38 dead.
Sri Lankan military has launched a major offensive to capture "alive" the elusive LTTE supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, believed to be hiding in a bunker in the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu, the army chief said in Colombo.
