Third Battle of Elephant Pass

Third Battle of Elephant Pass
	Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
Date	January 9, 2009
Location	Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan Army victory
Belligerents
Military of Sri Lanka	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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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