The Tigers simultaneously fired shells at the naval base from mortar positions at Clappenberg, just four miles south-west of Trincomalee town and Marble Beach, a mile further south. According to press reports, a helicopter was hit by a Tiger surface-to-air missile a plunged into the sea killing four Airforce personnel.
The Army say a Black Tiger suicide cadre was shot dead near Marble Beach and another was arrested. As the fighting continued, over 500 families fled from nearby Nachchikudah. Government officers accommodated them in three schools at Vellaimanal and provided them food. The Army banned fishing in Trincomalee sea, affecting 10,000 families. According to reports, another Sea Tiger boat with explosives was sunk near the harbour on 4 November.
In Batticaloa and Amparai districts, the security forces and the LTTE continued to clash, affecting the civilians. LTTE’s Pistol Group shot dead two members of Army ally the Razik Group near Paddiruppu on 5 October. The Army shot dead Kailayapillai Jeyakumar on 9 October at Kinnayady when he was returning home after a temple festival. Following an election dispute on 14 October, soldiers entered a mosque in Oddamavady and attacked Muslims who were in prayer. Reports say soldiers also entered houses and assaulted women.
The LTTE fired shells on an Army camp in Kiran on 25 October. The military retaliated and shelled Tiger-controlled areas west of the Batticaloa lagoon. N Ravindran and S Vaman were wounded and admitted to Batticaloa hospital. The Tigers also shelled police posts in Chenkalady and Eravur, north of Batticaloa town, on the same day. Sabesan Vasanthadevi, 24, was killed by a shell at Kaluvanchikudi, 17 miles south of Batticaloa town on 27 October.
A policeman was injured when the LTTE attacked the Valaichenai police station on 29 October. The Tigers also fired on the ambulance carrying the policeman to the hospital, near Punanai, killing the driver of the vehicle and wounding three more policemen. Following the incident, the security forces shelled the nearby Karuvakerni village, killing Ilayavan Thuraiappah, 63, and damaging over ten houses.
In Amparai District, the LTTE ambushed a police patrol near Central Camp on 4 October, killing two policemen and wounding five others. At Bakiella, a Sub-Inspector was killed in a clash between the LTTE and the Special Task Force (STF) on 24 October.