Battle of Pulukunawa

Battle of Pulukunawa
Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
Date11 December 1996
Location
Pulukunawa, Ampara, Sri Lanka
Result LTTE victory
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Police Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Units involved
Special Task Force,
Sri Lanka Artillery		 Black Tigers
Strength
~140 ~500
Casualties and losses
  • STF and Police: 28 killed, 27 wounded[1]
  • Army: 16 killed, 8 wounded, 3 missing
 26 killed

The Battle of Pulukunawa took place during the Sri Lankan Civil War. It occurred on 11 December 1996 in which the LTTE militants attacked and overran the Special Task Force detachment at Pulukunawa in Ampara.

  1. ^ Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009 (PDF). Ministry Of Defence Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2021.