Title: Few of the Atrocities Done
1Few of the Atrocities Done by LTTE
2On 30th Nov 1984 LTTE launched an attack on
Dollar Farm and Kent Farm. 62 Unarmed civilians
were brutally killed.
3On 14 May 1985 LTTE attacked the sacred Jaya Sri
Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura and Killed 120 and
wounded 85 civilians.
4On 17 April 1987, 30-60 LTTE cadres stopped 06
vehicles plying on Trincomalee - Habarana Road,
and killed 122 Civilians and wounded 44 others.
5On 21 April 1987, a car bomb exploded at Pettah
Bus Stand killing 110 civilians and injuring 298
others
6On 02 May 1987, 30 Buddhist monks and 4 civilians
shot dead at Arantalawa, Ampara.
7On 03 Auguast 1990 LTTE terrorists attacked
Meera Jumma and Husania Mosques and massacred 103
Muslims and wounded 70.
8On 11 Auguast 1990 LTTE terrorists killed 116
Muslims at Eravur.
9On 29 April 1992 Group of 30-40 LTTE Cadres
attacked Alichipothan and killed 56 Muslim
Civilians and wounded 15 others.
10On 01 October 1992 LTTE terrorists attacked
Palliyagodella Village and Killed 146 Civilians
including Children.
11On 01 May 1993 LTTE suicide terrorist exploded
himself killing the President R. Premadasa and 15
others.
12On 26 May 1996 LTTE terrorists assassinated
Dimbulagala Nayaka Thero.
13On 11 November 1996 LTTE exploded two bombs at
Slave Island and Killed 19 Civilians.
14On 31 January 1996 LTTE exploded Central Bank at
Colombo Fort and killed 82 Civilians and 100
others injured.
15On 25 January 1998 LTTE Blasted a Bomb at Sri
Dalanda Maligawa.
16On 24 July 1996 two bombs ripped through a
crowded train in Dehiwala Railway Station. 70
commuters were killed and over 500 were wounded.
17On 18 September 1999 LTTE Cadres attacked Punchi
Seegiriya, Kalpengala, Bedirekka villages and
killed 58 civilians
1824 dead and 150 wounded when LTTE botched attempt
to kill President Chandrika Kumaratunge on 18
December 1999.
1938 dead and 50 injured, in LTTE Terrorist attack
at Rajagiriya on 10 March 2000.
20Political Leaders Intellectuals Assassinated
By LTTE
21Alfred Duraiyappah - Former Mayor and MP for
Jaffna killed on 27 July 1975 By LTTE
A Thiyagarajah - MP for Vaddukkodai Killed on 25
May 1981
V Dharmalingam - MP for Manipay Killed on 03
September 1985
22K Alalasunderam - MP Kopay, killed on 03
September 1985
Sri Sabaratnam - Leader TELO, killed on 06 May
1986
A Amirthalingam - MP, opposition leader leader
TULF, Killed on 13 May 1989
23V Yogeshwaran - MP for Jaffna, killed on 13 July
1989
T Ganeshalingam - Provincial Minister for North
East, killed on 28 January 1990
K Pathmanaba - Leader EPRLF, Killed on June 1990
Dr. Rajini Thiranagama - Lecturer in Anotomy,
University of Jaffna
24K Kanagaratnam - MP for Eastern Province, killed
on 15 July 1990
Ranjan Wijeratne - Defence Minister Deputy
Minister of Finance, killed on 01 March 1991
Rajiv Gandhi - Prime Minister of India, killed on
22 June 1991
25Ranasinghe Premadasa - President of Sri Lanka,
killed on 01 May 1993
Gamini Dissanayake - Presidential Candidate and
MP Nuwara Eliya, killed on 23 October 1994
26A Thangathurai - MP for Trincomalee, killed on 05
July 1997
Mohommed Maharoof - MP for Trincomalee, killed on
20 July 1997
S P Tharmalingam - SLFP Organizer Jaffna, Killed
on October 1997
27Sarojani Yogeshwarn - TULF Mayor of Jaffna,
killed on 16 May 1998
Pon Sivapalan - TULF Mayor of Jaffna, killed on
11 September 1998
28Dr. Neelam Thiruchelvam - TULF MP, killed on 29
July 1999
Atputharajah Nadarajah - EPDP MP Jaffna, killed
on 02 November 1999
29C V Gooneratne - Industrial Development Minister,
killed on 07 June 2000
30Innocent Civilians butchered, burnt or Shot dead
by LTTE
31- 30/11/84 29 Sinhalese Villagers killed at Kent
Farm, Oddusudan - 30/11/84 33 Sinhalese Villagers killed at
Doller Farm - 01/12/84 11 Sinhalese Villagers killed at
Kokilai, Vavuniya - 13/12/84 27 Tamils killed at Oddusudan
- 19/01/85 11 civilians killed in Yal Devi
Explosion - 14/05/85 120 civilians killed at the Sri Maha
Bodhi, Anuradhapura
32- 14/05/85 18 civilians killed at Wilpattu.
- 02/06/85 13 civilians killed in CTB bust at
Morawewa. - 04/06/85 13 Sinhalese killed at Dewatte,
Trincomalee. - 03/05/86 16 killed in a bomb blast in a
Tri-Star Plane at Katunayake Airport. - 07/05/86 14 killed in bomb explosion CTO
Fort. - 25/05/86 20 Sinhalese shot dead and 20 houses
set on fire Mahadiwulwewa, Trincomalee
33- 31/05/86 13 killed in a bomb blast at
Veyangoda station. - 04/06/86 17 Sinhalese villagers including
Bakamune Subaddalankara Thero, shot deat
at Andankulam, Trincomalee. - 11/06/86 22 persons killed, in tow
explosions in Trincomalee. - 25/06/86 16 Sinhalese killed in bomb
explosion, Sittaru, Kantale. - 08/07/86 15 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Monkey bridge, Trincomalee.
34- 19/07/86 12 Sinhalese shot dead at
Medirigiriya,Polonnaruwa. - 22/07/86 32 Sinhalese killed in mine
explosion at Mamaduwa, Vavuniaya. - 24/07/86 12 civilians killed in a bus-bom at
Issenbessagala, Medawachchiya. - 07/02/87 28 Sinhalese killed at Arantalawa,
Ampara. - 22/03/87 26 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Serunewa, Horowpothana.
35- 17/04/87 96 Sinhalese killed at
Trincomalee/Habarana Road. - 20/04/87 15 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Jayanthipura, Trincomalee. - 02/06/87 30 Buddhist monks and 4 civilians
shot dead at Arantalawa, Ampara. - 11/06/87 13 civilians killed in a pressure
mine explosion, Veppankulam. - 06/10/87 18 Sinhalese shot dead at Batticaloa.
36- 06/10/87 27 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Sagarapura, kuchchuveli, Trincomalee. - 06/10/87 22 Sinhalese shot dead at Talawa,
Eravur. - 07/10/87 30 Sinhalese shot dead at Ampara.
- 15/10/87 14 Sinhalese passengers shot dead on
Ella Kantale, Trincomalee. - 16/10/87 11 Sinhalese hostages killed at
Pulmoddai, Trincomalee.
37- 06/10/87 27 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Sagarapura, kuchchuveli, Trincomalee. - 06/10/87 22 Sinhalese shot dead at Talawa,
Eravur. - 07/10/87 30 Sinhalese shot dead at Ampara.
- 15/10/87 14 Sinhalese passengers shot dead on
Ella Kantale, Trincomalee. - 16/10/87 11 Sinhalese hostages killed at
Pulmoddai, Trincomalee.
38- 09/11/87 23 civilians killed, 106 injured in
a bomb explosion at Maradana, Colombo. - 12/11/87 12 Tamils killed in landmine
explosion, Cheddikulam, Vavuniya. - 02/03/88 14 Sinhalese villagers shot dead,
Morawewa, Trincomalee. - 05/03/88 16 Muslims and 8 Sinhalese killed in
a mine explosion, Sitturu, Kantale. - 11/03/88 19 Passengers of a private bus
killed, Suhadagama, Horawpothana.
39- 14/03/88 13 villages killed at Galametiyawa,
Kantalai, Trincomalee. - 31/03/88 10 Muslims and 07 Tamils killed at
Saindamaradu, Kalmunai. - 08/04/88 14 Sinhalese killed at
Horowpothana, Meegaswewa, Anuradhapura. - 01/05/88 12 Sinhalese, 9 Muslims and 5 Tamils
wee killed at Sittaru in landmine explosion. - 28/07/88 16 civilians killed at
Etawetunuwewa, Welioya.
40- 25/08/88 11 civilians killed by cutting their
necks, Marawila, Polonnaruwa. - 09/10/88 44 villagers killed at
Mahakongaskada, Medavachchiya. - 14/11/88 28 Sinhalese killed at
paniketiyawa, Gomarankadawela. - 02/02/89 11 Sinhalese hacked to death,
Bogamuyaya, Maha Oya, Ampara. - 11/02/89 34 Sinhalese villagers killed at
Dutuwewa, Horowpotana.
41- 27/02/89 37 Sinhalese villagers shot dead at
Borawewa, Polonnaruwa. - 17/08/89 18 civilians killed in an IED
explosion at Nochchikulam, Vavuniya. - 26/07/90 19 Sinhalese killed at
Thammannaelawaka, Medawachchiya. - 03/08/90 103 Muslims killed and 70 wounded at
Meera Jumma and Hussaina Mosques, Kathankudi,
Batticaloa.
42- 05/08/90 17 Muslim farmers killed at
Mullayankadu, Ampara. - 06/08/90 33 farmers killed at Ampara.
- 07/08/90 30 Sinhalese killed at Bandaraduwa,
Uhana, Ampara. - 08/08/90 26 Sinhalese killed in a bus at
Meegaswewa, Anuradhapura. - 11/08/90 116 Muslim killed at division 3 and
6, Eravur. - 13/08/90 14 civilians killed in bus ambush,
at 15th Mile Post, Pulmoddai, Welioya.
43- 19/09/90 23 Sinhalese killed and 11 houses
burnt at Vellanmundal, Puttalam. - 21/09/90 15 killed at Pudukudiyirippu,
Ampara. - 23/01/91 25 civilians killed at
Bogammuyaya, Maha Oya, Ampara. - 02/03/91 13 civilians killed Havelock Road
bomb explosion that killed Ranjan Wijeratne. - 14/04/91 17 Sinhalese killed, Ethimalai,
Monaragala.
44- 20/04/91 21 civilians hacked to death at
Niyadela. - 27/06/91 16 civilians killed in two claymore
explosions at Lahugala, Ampara. - 06/07/91 16 Muslims and 2 Sinhalese killed at
Pudur, Polonnaruwa. - 19/09/91 13 Muslims killed at Palliyagodella,
Polonnaruwa. - 10/04/92 25 civilians killed in bomb
explosion in Ampara.
45- 29/04/92 56 civilians killed in Muslim
village, Alinchipothana, Polonnaruwa. - 02/06/92 15 passengers killed in bust at 209th
Mile Post at Ampara. - 15/07/92 19 Muslim passengers killed in a bus
at Kirankulam, Batticaloa. - 01/09/92 22 Muslims killed in an explosion
in Saindamaradu, Kalmunai. - 01/10/92 15 civilians killed at Konwewa,
Welioya.
46- 15/10/92 172 civilians killed 4 Muslim
villages - Pallayagodella, Ahamedpura,
Pamburana and Agbopura in Polonnaruwa. - 01/05/93 17 killed at Armour street explosion
that killed President R.Premadasa. - 16/03/94 17 Sinhalese killed in Kudiramalai,
Puttalam. - 24/11/94 55 killed in bomb blast at Grandpass
including Gamini Dissanayake.
47- 25/05/95 42 civilians killed at Kallarawa,
Trincomalee. - 07/08/95 22 People died in bomb blast at
Torrington Square. - 21/10/95 16 villagers killed at Mangalagama,
Ampara. - 21/10/95 36 civilians killed at
Moneratenna, Bowatta, Polonnaruwa. - 21/10/95 19 villagers killed north or
Padaviya, Galtalawa, Welioya. - 25/10/95 11 civilians killed at Athimale,
Kotiyagala, Monaragala.
48- 15/10/97 18 civilians killed at bomb blast in
Galadari Hotel, Colombo. - 24/01/98 A suicide bomber had exploded 02
bombs in the vicinity of Dalanda Maligawa,
Kandy. - 06/02/98 A Suicide bomber exploded at Air
Force Road block, Slave Island, killing 03
Airmen. - 05/03/98 Bomb exploded near Maradana Police
Station, killing 38 civilians and injuring
270 civilians.
49- 11/09/98 An explosion took place inside the
Municipal commissioners office closer to
Nallur Kovil. Mr. P Sivapalan mayor of Jaffna
and 07 others killed and 15 wounded. - 17/07/99 A time bomb fixed to a bicycle
exploded exploded near old police station,
Batticaloa. 02 civilians died and 17 were
wounded. - 29/07/99 A suicide bomber exploded himself
whilst Dr. Neelam Thiruchelvam was travelling
in Rosmid place junction.
50- 22/09/99 An explosion occurred in a private
bus parked at the Negambo private bus stand
injuring 02 civilians. - 22/09/99 A bomb exploded in a Peoples
Transport Service bus plying from Negambo
to Kuliyapitiya, injuring 09 passengers. - 26/09/99 A bomb exploded in a private bus
near the 2nd Mile post of Badulla, Passara,
Monaragala killing 01 civilian and injuring
28 others.
51- 18/12/99 An explosion suspected to be
triggered off by a LTTE suicide female
terrorist took place at the Town Hall,
Colombo. - 18/12/99 A explosion at Ja-Ela bus stand where
the UNP presidential Election rally was held.
12 civilians killed with Major Gen C L
Algama and 45 others wounded. - 05/01/2000 A suicide bomber exploded near
Prime Minister Office in Flower Road,
Colombo killing 05 persons and injuring 24
civilians.
52- 25/10/95 12 villagers killed at Panama,
Ampara. - 26/10/95 26 villagers killed in an attack on
03 Kabethigollawa villagers. - 11/11/95 15 civilians killed in a suicide
attack at Slave Island. - 31/01/96 89 killed in Central Bank building
bomb blast. - 24/07/96 68 people killed in a bomb attack at
Dehiwala Railway station.