Battle of Kokavil was fought from 27 June to 11 July 1990 in Kokavil , Sri Lanka . The battle was fought between the Sri Lankan Army ( SLA ) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , with the LTTE carrying-out a 14-day siege of the military camp at Kokavil , which eventually fell to the Tigers . There were no survivors of the army detachment in Kokavil . Following the resumption of hostilities after the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force , the Eelam War II of the Sri Lankan Civil War started in June 1990 . In early June 1990 , LTTE militants attacked SLA forces in the area of Mankulam . These initial attacks were repulsed but by June 12 , both Mankulam and Kokavil were surrounded . On the 11 June 1990 , the Sri Lankan government ordered over 600 police officers to surrender to the LTTE after their police stations were surrounded , who where then massacred
who where then massacred
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers
Battle of Kokavil