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| [[Aranthalawa Massacre]] || 1987-06-02 || Aranthalawa, [[Ampara District]] || 35 ||LTTE|| LTTE cadres mutilated and killed 33 young Buddhist monks and their mentor, Ven. Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thera, who was the chief priest of Vidyananda Pirivena, Ampara.<ref>[http://amazinglanka.com/wp/monument-of-aranthalawa-massacre/ Monument of Aranthalawa Massacre], Amazing Lanka</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2015}} |
| [[Aranthalawa Massacre]] || 1987-06-02 || Aranthalawa, [[Ampara District]] || 35 ||LTTE|| LTTE cadres mutilated and killed 33 young Buddhist monks and their mentor, Ven. Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thera, who was the chief priest of Vidyananda Pirivena, Ampara.<ref>[http://amazinglanka.com/wp/monument-of-aranthalawa-massacre/ Monument of Aranthalawa Massacre], Amazing Lanka</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2015}} |
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| [[1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament]] || 1987-08-17 || [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]], [[Sri Jayawardenepura]] || 02 ||[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|JVP]]|| A JVP assailant hurled 2 [[Hand grenade|grenades]] into a room where government MPs were meeting, with the then [[Sri Lanka]]n President [[J. R. Jayawardene]] and Prime Minister [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]]. A [[Member of Parliament]] and a Ministry secretary were killed by the explosions.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features/bomb-attack-parliament Bomb Attack on Parliament], Daily News</ref> |
| [[1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament]] || 1987-08-17 || [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]], [[Sri Jayawardenepura]] || 02 ||[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|JVP]]|| A JVP assailant hurled 2 [[Hand grenade|grenades]] into a room where government MPs were meeting, with the then [[Sri Lanka]]n President [[J. R. Jayawardene]] and Prime Minister [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]]. A [[Member of Parliament]] and a Ministry secretary were killed by the explosions.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features/bomb-attack-parliament Bomb Attack on Parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628205707/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features%2Fbomb-attack-parliament |date=2015-06-28 }}, Daily News</ref> |
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| Kathiresan Hindu temple attack || 1988-02-16 || Kathiresan Hindu temple, [[Bambalapitiya]], Colombo || 10 ||JVP|| At least 10 people died and 26 others were injured when two bombs blasted in a crowded Hindu temple during a religious festival.<ref>[http://noolaham.net/project/34/3307/3307.pdf Bomb Attack on Hindu Temple], Tamil Times, February 1988</ref> |
| Kathiresan Hindu temple attack || 1988-02-16 || Kathiresan Hindu temple, [[Bambalapitiya]], Colombo || 10 ||JVP|| At least 10 people died and 26 others were injured when two bombs blasted in a crowded Hindu temple during a religious festival.<ref>[http://noolaham.net/project/34/3307/3307.pdf Bomb Attack on Hindu Temple], Tamil Times, February 1988</ref> |
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| Armour street bombing / Assassination of [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] || 1993-05-01 || Armour Street, [[Colombo]] || 11 ||LTTE||LTTE suicide bomber killed Sri Lankan president while he was participating in a May Day rally.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/world/suicide-bomber-kills-president-of-sri-lanka.html?pagewanted=1 Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka]</ref><ref>[http://www.cfr.org/separatist-terrorism/liberation-tigers-tamil-eelam-aka-tamil-tigers-sri-lanka-separatists/p9242 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists)], Council on Foreign Relations</ref> |
| Armour street bombing / Assassination of [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] || 1993-05-01 || Armour Street, [[Colombo]] || 11 ||LTTE||LTTE suicide bomber killed Sri Lankan president while he was participating in a May Day rally.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/world/suicide-bomber-kills-president-of-sri-lanka.html?pagewanted=1 Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka]</ref><ref>[http://www.cfr.org/separatist-terrorism/liberation-tigers-tamil-eelam-aka-tamil-tigers-sri-lanka-separatists/p9242 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists)], Council on Foreign Relations</ref> |
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|Thotalanga Bombing / Assassination of [[Gamini Dissanayake]] || 1994-10-24 || Thotalanga, Colombo || 52 ||LTTE|| Presidential candidate Gamini Disanayake was killed when a female LTTE member blew herself up with a powerful bomb. 50 others including several politicians were killed by the attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/25/world/latest-killing-of-a-sri-lanka-politician-fits-a-familiar-pattern.html Latest Killing of a Sri Lanka Politician Fits a Familiar Pattern], The New York Times</ref><ref>[http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-15434-news-detail-gamini-dissanayake-the-last-of-men.html Gamini Dissanayake, the last of men], Ceylon Today</ref> |
|Thotalanga Bombing / Assassination of [[Gamini Dissanayake]] || 1994-10-24 || Thotalanga, Colombo || 52 ||LTTE|| Presidential candidate Gamini Disanayake was killed when a female LTTE member blew herself up with a powerful bomb. 50 others including several politicians were killed by the attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/25/world/latest-killing-of-a-sri-lanka-politician-fits-a-familiar-pattern.html Latest Killing of a Sri Lanka Politician Fits a Familiar Pattern], The New York Times</ref><ref>[http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-15434-news-detail-gamini-dissanayake-the-last-of-men.html Gamini Dissanayake, the last of men] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626151455/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-15434-news-detail-gamini-dissanayake-the-last-of-men.html |date=2015-06-26 }}, Ceylon Today</ref> |
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| [[Kallarawa massacre]]|| 1995-05-25 ||Kallarawa, Trincomalee District ||42||LTTE||LTTE cadres massacred 42 men, women and children in Kallarawa, a small fishing village located 35 km away from Trincomalee town. Victims were mainly Sinhalese and belonged to a fishing community.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=R0a11NarYXcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements], Daniel Byman, Peter Chalk, Bruce Hoffman, William Rosenau, David Brannan, Pg 47, National Security Research Division (RAND)</ref><ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/176000/asa370091995en.pdf Deliberate and arbitrary killings / Fear of further killings], Amnesty International</ref> |
| [[Kallarawa massacre]]|| 1995-05-25 ||Kallarawa, Trincomalee District ||42||LTTE||LTTE cadres massacred 42 men, women and children in Kallarawa, a small fishing village located 35 km away from Trincomalee town. Victims were mainly Sinhalese and belonged to a fishing community.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=R0a11NarYXcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements], Daniel Byman, Peter Chalk, Bruce Hoffman, William Rosenau, David Brannan, Pg 47, National Security Research Division (RAND)</ref><ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/176000/asa370091995en.pdf Deliberate and arbitrary killings / Fear of further killings], Amnesty International</ref> |
Revision as of 04:20, 24 December 2017
The following are notable terrorist incidents (non-state) that have happened in Sri Lanka. The list is in chronological order and it does not include attacks to military bases or military personnel, who were engaged in duty during the Sri Lankan civil war or JVP insurrections. A number of terrorists attacks have occurred in Sri Lanka, specially during the periods of civil war (1983-2009) and the second JVP insurrection (1987 -1989). Sri Lanka is one of the nations which has experienced some of the worst terrorist attacks that have occurred worldwide, with 100 or more fatalities over the last 100 years.[1][2]
Incidents by decade
1980s
Attack | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Kent and Dollar Farm massacres | 1984-11-30 | Vavuniya District, Northern Province | 62 | LTTE | LTTE cadres shot dead 62 Sinhalese villagers and injured several others.[3] |
Yal Devi attack | 1985-01-19 | Murikandy, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province | 34 | LTTE / TELO[a] | LTTE[a] bombed the northern railway line at Murikandy, killing 34 people and completely destroying the tracks.[8] |
Sri Maha Bodhi Attack | 1985-05-14 | Anuradhapura, North Central Province | 146 | LTTE | LTTE cadres invaded Anuradhapura town and opened fire indiscriminately with automatic weapons killing and wounding many civilians. Then they drove to the sacred Buddhist shrine Sri Maha Bodhi and gunned down nuns, monks and civilians who were worshiping there.[9][10][11] |
Air Lanka Flight 512 | 1986-05-03 | Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake | 21 | LTTE | Air Lanka Flight 512 which had arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport from London Gatwick Airport was about to fly on to the Maldives Islands. A bomb which was planted by Tamil Tigers exploded and ripped the aircraft in two. It carried mainly European and Japanese tourists.[12][13] |
Aluth Oya massacre | 1987-04-17 | Alutoya, North Central, Sri Lanka | 127 | LTTE | 127 Sinhalese men women and children who were separated from the other passengers from three buses were gunned down by LTTE.[14][unreliable source?] |
Colombo Bus Station bombing | 1987-04-21 | Central Bus Stand, Pettah | 113 | LTTE | LTTE exploded a bomb at the central bus terminal of Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. The bombing killed 113 civilians.[15][unreliable source?] |
Aranthalawa Massacre | 1987-06-02 | Aranthalawa, Ampara District | 35 | LTTE | LTTE cadres mutilated and killed 33 young Buddhist monks and their mentor, Ven. Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thera, who was the chief priest of Vidyananda Pirivena, Ampara.[16][unreliable source?] |
1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament | 1987-08-17 | Parliament of Sri Lanka, Sri Jayawardenepura | 02 | JVP | A JVP assailant hurled 2 grenades into a room where government MPs were meeting, with the then Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene and Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa. A Member of Parliament and a Ministry secretary were killed by the explosions.[17] |
Kathiresan Hindu temple attack | 1988-02-16 | Kathiresan Hindu temple, Bambalapitiya, Colombo | 10 | JVP | At least 10 people died and 26 others were injured when two bombs blasted in a crowded Hindu temple during a religious festival.[18] |
Magazine Prison attack (Welikada jail break) |
1988-12-12 | Magazine Prison, Welikada, Colombo | unknown | JVP | Armed cadres of JVP attacked the Magazine Prison, a maximum security prison and also the largest prison in Sri Lanka. 170 suspected JVP cadres managed to escape from the prison by this attack.[19][20] |
1989 Temple of the Tooth attack | 1989-02-08 | Temple of the Tooth, in Kandy, Sri Lanka | 05 | JVP | Armed cadres of JVP attacked, Sri Dalada Maligawa, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[21] |
Bomb attack to Kataragama Esala Procession | 1989-07 | Kataragama, Sri Lanka | 15 | JVP | Cadres of JVP attacked the annual Esala Procession of Kataragama temple.[22] This grenade attack killed about 15 and many more were wounded.[23] |
1990s
Attack | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Kattankudy mosque massacre | 1990-08-03 | Kattankudy | 147 | LTTE | LTTE cadres killed of over 147 Muslim men and boys in a mosque in Kattankudy.[11][24] Around 30 Tamil tigerss raided four mosques in the town of Kattankudi, where over 300 people were prostrating in Isha prayers. |
Palliyagodella massacre | 1992-10-15 | Palliyagodella in Polonnaruwa District, North Central Province | 172 | LTTE | A large group of Tamil Tigers of about 200-300 members, attacked Muslim villages and killed 172 civilians (171 of them Muslims), while 83 others were injured.[25][26] |
Armour street bombing / Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa | 1993-05-01 | Armour Street, Colombo | 11 | LTTE | LTTE suicide bomber killed Sri Lankan president while he was participating in a May Day rally.[27][28] |
Thotalanga Bombing / Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake | 1994-10-24 | Thotalanga, Colombo | 52 | LTTE | Presidential candidate Gamini Disanayake was killed when a female LTTE member blew herself up with a powerful bomb. 50 others including several politicians were killed by the attack.[29][30] |
Kallarawa massacre | 1995-05-25 | Kallarawa, Trincomalee District | 42 | LTTE | LTTE cadres massacred 42 men, women and children in Kallarawa, a small fishing village located 35 km away from Trincomalee town. Victims were mainly Sinhalese and belonged to a fishing community.[31][32] |
Attack to the oil storage complexes at Kolonnawa and Orugodawatta | 1995-10-20 | Kolonnawa, Colombo | 26 | LTTE | Suicide cadres of the LTTE attacked the oil storage complexes at Kolonnawa and Orugodawatta. They managed to blew themselves up destroying the tanks. 22 security personnel died by this attack and petroleum oil worth over US $10 million were destroyed.[33] |
Colombo Central Bank bombing | 1996-01-31 | Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo | 91 | LTTE | A truck containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The blast killed at least 91 people and injured 1,400 others.[34][35] |
1996 Dehiwala train bombing | 1996-07-24 | Dehiwala, Colombo | 64 | LTTE | A train bombing resulted in 64 civilian deaths and wounding 400 others. The attack was carried out by LTTE operatives who placed suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train. It was the first time to use the technique of simultaneously exploding multiple bombs in trains.[36][37] |
1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing | 1997-10-15 | Colombo World Trade Centre | 15-17 | LTTE | The LTTE drove a container truck laden with explosives into the car park of Galadari Hotel in Colombo. Then they attacked the Colombo World Trade Centre, twin 39-story towers, situated in close proximity to the hotel. The attack killed 15 people and 105 were wounded including many British tourists.[38][39] |
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack | 1998-01-25 | Kandy, Sri Lanka | 17 | LTTE | the LTTE exploded a massive truck bomb inside the Temple of the Tooth premises, which was to be the centre the independence day celebrations.[40] |
Gonagala massacre | 1999-09-18 | Kalpengala and Bedirekka, in Gonagala Ampara District | 58-61 | LTTE | Tamil Tigers killed 61 Sinhalese people, when they attacked three villages in Gonagala Ampara District. Among the dead were 17 women and seven children. Swords and machetes were used to chop and hack the victims to death, who were dragged from sleep.[25][41][42] |
Lionair Flight 602 | 1999-09-29 | Off the cost of Mannar District, North West | 55 | LTTE | A passenger aircraft Lionair Flight 602 disappeared from radar screens, after departing Kankesanturai Airport in Jaffna. Initial reports indicated that the plane had been shot down by LTTE cadres using MANPADS. All 7 crew members and 48 passengers were killed.[43][44] |
Colombo Town Hall boming (Assassination attempt on Chandrika Kumaratunga |
1999-12-18 | Colombo Town Hall | 36 | LTTE | Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber during an election rally at the Colombo Town Hall. The president lost one of her eyes by this attack, while 36 others died and many others were injured.[45][46] |
2000s
Attack | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Bandaranaike Airport attack | 2001-07-24 | Katunayake, Western Province | 21 | LTTE | LTTE attacked the, Bandaranaike International Airport and destroyed three passenger Air Busses and 8 military air crafts. The Airport was closed for 14 hours during and after the attack. The cost of replacing the civilian aircraft was estimated at $350 million USD.[47][48][49] |
Kebithigollewa Bus bombing | 2006-06-15 | Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District | 64 | LTTE | Sixty four civilians were killed when a civilian bus was attacked by LTTE using a claymore bomb. Among the dead were a Buddhist monk, several pregnant women and 15 schoolchildren.[50][51] |
Attack on Pakistani ambassador | 2006-08-14 | Kollupitiya, Colombo | 07 | LTTE | A convoy carrying the Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohamed, was attacked by a claymore mine concealed within an auto rickshaw. The High Commissioner escaped unhurt, but seven people were killed and a further seventeen injured in the blast.[52] |
Digampathana bus bombing | 2006-10-06 | Digampathaha, Matale District | 103 | LTTE | The 2006 Digampathana truck bombing, also known as Habarana massacre, was a suicide truck bombing carried out by the LTTE against a convoy of 15 military buses at Digampathana in Sri Lanka. The buses were carrying more than 200 sailors from Trincomalee who were going on leave. The bombing killed 103 and wounded more than 150 people.[53] |
Nugegoda shopping mall bombing | 2007-11-28 | Nugegoda | 17 | LTTE | At least 17 people were killed and another 33 seriously injured when a LTTE parcel bomb went off in a leading clothes shop in Nugegoda town.[54][55] |
Okkampitiya Bus bombing | 2008-01-16 | Okkampitiya, Moneragala | 28 | LTTE | A LTTE bomb attack to a bus in Okkampitiya killed 28 people including school children and wounded 64 others.[56] |
Dambulla Bus bombing | 2008-02-02 | Dambulla | 18 | LTTE | A pilgrimage ended in blood-shed, after LTTE members exploded a private bus killing 18 devotees including women and children, in Dambulla Town.[57] |
2008 Fort Railway Station bombing | 2008-02-03 | Fort Railway Station, Colombo | 12 | LTTE | A suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at the Fort Railway Station, Colombo, killed 11 and injured 92.[58][59] Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach. |
Piliyandala bus bombing | 2008-04-26 | Piliyandala, Colombo | 26 | LTTE | A bombing by Tamil Tigers of a commuter bus carried out in Piliyandala, a suburb of Colombo. The bombing killed 26 and injured at least 64.[60] |
2008 Dehiwala train bombing | 2008-05-26 | Dehiwala, Colombo | 08 | LTTE | Another bombing of a commuter train, running from Colombo to Panadura on May 26, 2008 in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, killed 08 people and injured around 80.[61][62] |
Akuressa suicide bombing | 2009-03-10 | Akuressa, Matara District | 14 | LTTE | A LTTE suicide bomber caused an explosion at an Islamic religious parade near Godapitiya Jumma mosque in Akuressa, Southern Sri Lanka, killing 14 and injuring 35 civilians. Several government ministers were among the injured while few local politicians died from the attack.[63][64] |
See also
- Terrorism in Sri Lanka
- 1988 Maldives coup d'état
- List of battles and other violent events by death toll
- List of terrorist incidents in France
- List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia
- List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
Notes
References
- ^ Map of worst terrorist attacks worldwide: 100 or more fatalities, Robert Johnston
- ^ Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, Bruce Schneier, pg 240
- ^ LTTE genocide at Kent and Dollar Farms, Daily News
- ^ Yatawara, Dhaneshi (8 March 2009). "A9 highway gears for non-stop run". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Abeynayake, Stanley E. (7 December 2014). "Northern Railway service, some historical aspects". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 32: Limbo between war and peace". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Civil War Leader for Tamils". The Pirabhakaran Phenomenon.
- ^ Yal Devi readies for return to Jaffna, Ceylon Today
- ^ The LTTE attack on Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi marks 28 years, Hiru News
- ^ Parithy, one of Sri Maha Bodhi attackers, Sunday Observer
- ^ a b Major LTTE massacres and destruction, Daily News
- ^ "1986: Bomb kills 21 in Sri Lanka". BBC. 3 May 1986. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Commercial Airline Bombing History". aerospaceweb.org. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Lest we forget the LTTE, The Island, K. Godage
- ^ LTTE Terrorist Attacks Selected Chronology (since 1987), Victor Gunasekara
- ^ Monument of Aranthalawa Massacre, Amazing Lanka
- ^ Bomb Attack on Parliament Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Daily News
- ^ Bomb Attack on Hindu Temple, Tamil Times, February 1988
- ^ JVP fear psychosis - Part V:Magazine Prison attack, Daily News, Geoff Wijesinghe
- ^ Unmasking the real face of the JVP, Frederica Jansz, The Sunday Leader
- ^ JVP can’t deny they attacked the Dalada Maligawa using firearms — Diyawadana Nilame, The Island
- ^ Murugan-Shaitan Showdown, Patrick Harrigan interviews Swami Siva-Kalki, The Sunday Times, August 19, 1990
- ^ Collected Bodhi Leaves, page 183
- ^ Kattankudy Muslims commemorate Tiger massacre in mosques, Sunday Observer
- ^ a b Revisiting Tamil Tiger massacres in Sri Lanka, Sunday Observer
- ^ List of Muslims massacred by Tiger Terrorists from March 6, 1988 to October 15, 1992, Daily News
- ^ Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka
- ^ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists), Council on Foreign Relations
- ^ Latest Killing of a Sri Lanka Politician Fits a Familiar Pattern, The New York Times
- ^ Gamini Dissanayake, the last of men Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, Ceylon Today
- ^ Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements, Daniel Byman, Peter Chalk, Bruce Hoffman, William Rosenau, David Brannan, Pg 47, National Security Research Division (RAND)
- ^ Deliberate and arbitrary killings / Fear of further killings, Amnesty International
- ^ The LTTE and suicide terrorism, Rohan Gunaratne, Frontline, Volume 17 - Issue 03, Feb. 2000
- ^ Timeline of the Tamil conflict, BBC NEWS
- ^ Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, Gus Martin, SAGE, 2010
- ^ "Tamil Arrested in Sri Lanka Train Bombing". The New York Times. 1996-09-04.
- ^ "The Role of the International Community-Sri Lanka". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ British tourists wounded in Tamil Tiger bomb blast, The Independent UK
- ^ 17 Die, 100 Wounded by Huge Bomb and Gunfire in Sri Lanka, The New York Times
- ^ Commonwealth Secretariat (2006). The Commonwealth Yearbook. Great Britain: Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd. p. 369. ISBN 978-095-4962-94-4.
- ^ Tigers violate UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Government of Sri Lanka
- ^ Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery, Devon E. Hinton, Alexander L. Hinton, pg 360
- ^ Criminal Occurrence description, Aviation Safety Network
- ^ MH17 is not alone. Commercial flights that got shot down, Travel Tom-Travel advice, news and more
- ^ Sri Lankan President Kumaratunga narrowly escapes assassination by suicide bomber, WSWS.org
- ^ President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ 'Operation Scapegoat' on Katunayake attack, The Sunday Leader, Frederica Jansz]
- ^ Building an international airport, Sunday Times
- ^ Rebel Attack on Airport Shocks Leaders of Sri Lanka, New York Times
- ^ Kebithigollewa Massacre, Sangam.org
- ^ 64 civilians killed in LTTE claymore attack, Daily News
- ^ South Africa ready to pull out of tri-series, ESPN Cricinfo
- ^ 103 killed in Sri Lankan bomb attack, smh.com.au
- ^ Civilians targeted in Nugegoda bomb blast Archived 2013-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Mirror
- ^ Scores killed in Nugegoda blast, BBC
- ^ Terror in Uva Province: 28 Killed 65 Wounded , Tops.lk
- ^ LTTE kills 18 pilgrims in Dambulla bus explosion, Sunday Observer, 3 February 2008
- ^ Sri Lanka railway station suicide blast kills 11, Reuters.com
- ^ Suicide Bomb Hits Sri Lankan Rail Station, CBS News
- ^ Jayasinghe, Amal (April 26, 2008). "Sri Lanka fears more bombings as bus toll hits 26". France 24. Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Sri Lanka commuters hurt by bomb". BBC News. 4 June 2008.
- ^ Bomb blast in Sri Lanka targets rail commuters
- ^ Sri Lanka suicide bombing targets government ministers, The Guardian
- ^ Sri Lankan ministers targeted by Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, The Telegraph