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The Kokkilai offensive  was a  military operation carried out by the Tamil Tigers in Kokkilai, Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka.  It is claimed this was the first attack by LTTE on a Sri Lankan Army barrack.   Ravi Jayewardene, brother of then President of Sri Lanka JR Jayewardene reported to the National Security Council that the Kokkilai  attack was a full-scale armed confrontation and said the Tamil Tigers were becoming a ‘sophisticated enemy.’

It is believed Tamil Tigers’ Ranjan Kanagaratnam died in this attack, he was the son of Sri Lankan Member of Parliament late K. Kanagaratnam.

See also
 List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles

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Category:Battles of Eelam War I
Category:Military history of Sri Lanka
Category:1985 in Sri Lanka
Category:Conflicts in 1985
Category:20th-century conflicts