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| Battle of Kokavil | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Military of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lieutenant Saliya Aladeniya † | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 54[1][2] | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 48 killed, 18 wounded[3] | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Kokavil was fought from 27 June to 11 July 1990 in Kokavil, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan military camp at Kokavil was put to siege by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for 14 days before they captured it. Of the 54 Sri Lankan Army soldiers stationed in the base at the time, only 2 and a civilian cook reached friendly lines after the battle, with all others having been presumably killed by the LTTE.
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ST1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment
- ^ Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009 (PDF). Ministry Of Defence Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2021.