Date 9 January 2009 | Result Sri Lankan Army victory | |
Similar Sri Lankan Civil War, First Battle of Elephant Pass, Second Battle of Elephant | ||
In the Third battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the security forces of the Sri Lankan Army.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.
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