The Sri Lankan government announces that its military has taken control of strategically important Sampur.
Sources
Sri Lankan troops take key town, BBC, 4 September 2006; LTTE admits defeat in Sampoor, BBC Sinhala, 4 September 2006
Quotations
"The only resistance we encountered was mines and booby-trapped devices We are in total control." Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella.
"Our troops have captured Sampur. This is not war, we are only responding to an attack on us." President Rajapakse, speaking at a rally of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
“Sri Lankan forces are now in control of Sampoor.” Rasiah Ilanthirayan, Tamil Tiger military spokesman.
