The Sunday Times columnist Iqbal Athas says the Army captured 22 sq. Rivi Kirana and Kiniheera . More than 300 soldiers were killed and over 1,300 wounded. Observers say that the Tigers main aim is to take the Army camp at Nagarkovil in Vadamaratchy, which would facilitate an offensive on Palaly military base. In early October, the LTTE continued to fire artillery shells on north Valikamam forcing the suspension of military flights into Palaly airbase.
Civilians continue to suffer in the fighting.
Refugee Nadarajah Nadesini was killed by a Tiger shell at Kopai in early September. Five men who went fishing in the Jaffna lagoon on 18 September are missing. The Army shot dead S Sivanathan on the same day at a checkpoint in Kopai. It is alleged that he fled as soldiers at the checkpoint attempted to search him. Four others were seriously injured.