Sri Lanka's government troops took southern causeway of Elephant Pass, another stronghold of the rebels, Defense officials said here Monday.
Elephant Pass, which lies between the northern Jaffna peninsula and the former rebel headquarters of Kilinochchi, has been under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels since April 2000.
The government troops said with the fall of Kilinochchi they are poised to completely crush the rebel outfit ending their over three-decade-long campaign to set up a separate Tamil homeland.
Source:Xinhua
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