Kokkilai offensive
| Kokkilai Offensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan civil war, Eelam War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Velupillai Prabhakaran | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 100 killed (Tamil Tiger claim),[1] 4 killed (Sri Lankan Army claim) | 16 killed (LTTE claim) | ||||||
The Kokkilai offensive[2] was a military operation carried out by the Tamil Tigers in Kokkilai, Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. It is claimed this was the first attack by LTTE on a Sri Lankan Army barrack. Ravi Jayewardene, brother of then President of Sri Lanka JR Jayewardene reported to the National Security Council that the Kokkilai attack was a full-scale armed confrontation and said the Tamil Tigers were becoming a ‘sophisticated enemy.’
It is believed Tamil Tigers’ Ranjan Kanagaratnam[3] died in this attack, he was the son of Sri Lankan Member of Parliament late K. Kanagaratnam.
See also
References
- ^ "Hardening Determination". TamilNation. 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ^ "1985 - the year in the brink of civil war". TamilNation. 2001-08-08. Retrieved 2009-01-02. [dead link]
- ^ "The Eastern warlord". Frontline. 2004-04-09. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
