Battle of Pulukunawa

Battle of Pulukunawa
Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
Date 11 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.