The JOC bombing was a suicide car bomb on June 21, 1991, during rush hour in Flower Road outside the building housing the Joint Operations Command (JOC) of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The attack was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with 60 killed including 20 civilians and 85 civilians injured.[2]
| JOC bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Flower Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Date | June 21, 1991 Rush hour – (UTC+5:00) |
Attack type | suicide car bomb |
| Deaths | 60[1] |
| Injured | 85 civilians[1] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Fall out of Eelam War IV, sundayleader". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Bomb Said to Kill Up to 60 (Published 1991)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29.