| Battle of Vavunathivu | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
| Capt Sudath Dabare | Ram | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~250 | ~500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 73 killed, 98 wounded, 2 missing (SLA claim)[1] | 103 killed (LTTE claim)[2] 160 killed (SLA claim)[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Vavunathivu took place during the Sri Lankan Civil War. It occurred on 7 March 1997 in which the LTTE militants attacked and overran the Sri Lanka Army military camp at Vavunathivu off Batticaloa.[1]
- ^ a b "Tiger triple jump in the Eastern theatre". SundayTimesLanka. 1997-03-09. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ "Fighters killed in Vavunathivu SLA camp attack remembered". TamilNet. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ "UPI Focus: 235 killed in Sri Lankan rebel attack". upi.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.