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Sri Lankan soldiers recapture town near rebel headquarters
Sri Lankan soldiers recaptured a key northern town near the headquarters of Tamil Tiger rebels 18 years after the area was seized by insurgents, the military said on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:10 December 1, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lankan soldiers recaptured a key northern town near the headquarters of Tamil Tiger rebels 18 years after the area was seized by insurgents, the military said on Monday.
Troops seized Kokavil town, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of the insurgents' de facto capital of Kilinochchi, on Sunday, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.
There was no indication of casualties.
The capture was the latest sign of the government's current dominance in the island's decades-old civil war. The rebels have been forced to abandon vast areas of land
and retreat to territory in the northeast during months of heavy battles.
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