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List of non-state terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka

The following are notable (non-state) terrorist incidents that have occurred in Sri Lanka. The list is in chronological order and does not include attacks against military bases or military personnel, who were engaged in duty during the Sri Lankan Civil War and JVP insurrections.

A number of terrorists attacks have occurred in Sri Lanka, especially during the periods of the Sri Lankan Civil War and the second JVP insurrection. Sri Lanka 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

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1970s

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Date Attack Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
27 July 1975 Assassination of Alfred Duraiappah Jaffna, Jaffna District 1 LTTE Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah is shot to death by LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, in the first major attack by the group.[3]
14 February 1977 Shooting of PC Karunandhi Maviddapuram, Jaffna District 1 LTTE Police Constable A. Karunandhi is shot to death for investigating crimes committed by the LTTE. This attack would be one of the events leading to the 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom.[4][5]
7 April 1978 Murunkan massacre Murunkan, Mannar District 4 LTTE A team of four CID officers: Bastianpillai, Perampalan, Police Sergeant Balasingham and Police ConstableSriwardene, were massacred by Uma Maheswaran and other LTTE members.[6][7]

1980s

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Date Attack Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
30 November 1984 Kent and Dollar Farm massacres Kent and Dollar Farms, Vavuniya District 62 LTTE LTTE cadres shoot 62 Sinhalese villagers dead and injured several others.[8]
1 December 1984 1984 Kokkilai massacre Kokkilai, Mullaitivu District 11 LTTE LTTE cadres kill eleven Sinhalese civilians.[9]
31 December 1984 Batticaloa massacre Batticaloa, Batticaloa District 4 LTTE LTTE members kill 4 Tamil civilians and dump them outside Batticaloa for refusing to join the group.[10]
19 January 1985 Yal Devi attack Murikandy, Mullaitivu District 34 LTTE / TELO[a] LTTE[a] bombed the northern railway line at Murikandy, killing 34 people and completely destroying the tracks.[15]
14 May 1985 Anuradhapura massacre Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura District 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.[16][17][18]
3 May 1986 Air Lanka Flight 512 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.[19][20]
7 May 1986 Central Telegraph Office bombing Central Telegraph Office, Colombo 14 JVP JVP claimed responsibility for its first attack since 1970.[21] The attack killed 14 civilians and wounded 164 more civilians.
17 April 1987 Aluth Oya massacre Aluth Oya, North Central Province 127 LTTE 127 Sinhalese civilians who were separated from the other passengers from three buses were gunned down by LTTE.[22][unreliable source?]
21 April 1987 Colombo central bus station bombing 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.[23][unreliable source?]
2 June 1987 Aranthalawa Massacre 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.[24][unreliable source?]
18 August 1987 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament Parliament of Sri Lanka, Sri Jayawardenepura 2 JVP A JVP communist 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.[25]
16 February 1988 Kathiresan Hindu temple attack 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.[26]
13 December 1988 Attack on the Magazine prison
(Welikada jail break)		 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.[27][28]
8 February 1989 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack Temple of the Tooth, Kandy 5 JVP Armed cadres of JVP attacked, Sri Dalada Maligawa, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[29]
July 1989 Kataragama temple Esala procession bombing Kataragama temple, Kataragama 15 JVP Cadres of JVP attacked the annual Esala Procession of the Kataragama temple.[30] This grenade attack killed about 15 and many more were wounded.[31]

1990s

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Date Attack Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
11 June 1990 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers Eastern Province 600–774 LTTE LTTE cadres killed over 600 policeman who surrendered to them in Eastern Province of the country.[32][33]
3 August 1990 Kattankudy mosque massacre Kattankudy, Batticaloa District 147 LTTE LTTE cadres killed of over 147 Muslim men and boys in a mosque in Kattankudy.[18][34] Around 30 Tamil Tigers raided four mosques in the town of Kattankudy, where over 300 people were prostrating in Isha prayers.
2 March 1991 Havelock Road bombing Havelock Road, Colombo 19 LTTE At least 19 people, including Sri Lankan Deputy Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeratne were killed in an LTTE car bomb explosion. A further 73 people were injured.[35]
29 April 1992 Polonnaruwa massacre Polonnaruwa District 157 LTTE A series of massacres occur in several towns. The LTTE, Home Guards and Sri Lankan Police were blamed for the massacres.
15 October 1992 Palliyagodella massacre Palliyagodella, Polonnaruwa District 172 LTTE A large group of about 200–300 LTTE members attacked Muslim villages and killed 172 civilians (171 of which were Muslims), while 83 others were injured.[36][37]
16 November 1992 Assassination of Clancy Fernando Colombo 5 LTTE Head of the Sri Lankan Navy Clancy Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing along with Lieutenant commander Sandun Gunasekera, his Flag Lieutenant and his driver.
1 May 1993 Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa Armour Street, Colombo 23 LTTE LTTE suicide bomber assassinated Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa while he was participating in a May Day rally. 22 others were also killed in the blast.[38][39]
24 October 1994 Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake Thotalanga, Grandpass, Colombo 52 LTTE Opposition leader and UNP presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake and UNP MPs Ossie Abeygunasekera, Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and G. M. Premachandra are assassinated after a female LTTE member blew herself up with a powerful bomb. Over 50 were killed in the attack.[40][41]
25 May 1995 Kallarawa massacre 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. Victims were mainly Sinhalese and belonged to the fishing community.[42][43]
October 1995 October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres Eastern Province 120 LTTE The LTTE massacred 120 Sinhalese civilians across the Eastern Province of the country.[44]
20 October 1995 Attack of oil storage complexes in Kolonnawa and Orugodawatta 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.[45]
31 January 1996 Colombo Central Bank bombing 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.[46][47]
24 July 1996 1996 Dehiwala train bombing 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.[48][49]
15 October 1997 1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing Colombo World Trade Centre, Colombo 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.[50][51]
25 January 1998 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack Temple of the Tooth, Kandy 17 LTTE the LTTE exploded a massive truck bomb inside the Temple of the Tooth premises, which was to be the centre of the independence day celebrations.[52] This was the 2nd terrorist attack on the temple.
29 September 1998 Lionair Flight 602 Off the coast of the Mannar District 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.[53][54]
18 September 1999 Gonagala massacre Kalpengala and Bedirekka, Ampara District 58–61 LTTE The LTTE 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.[36][55][56]
18 December 1999 Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga Colombo Town Hall, Colombo 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.[57][58]

2000s

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Date Attack Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
24 July 2001 Bandaranaike Airport attack Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake 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.[59][60][61]
23 April 2006 Gomarankadawala massacre Gomarankadawala, Trincomalee District 6 LTTE Six villagers are shot to death by LTTE cadres.
15 June 2006 Kebithigollewa massacre Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District 68 LTTE 68 civilians were killed when a civilian bus was attacked by LTTE using two claymore mines. Among the dead were a Buddhist monk, several pregnant women and 15 schoolchildren.[62][63]
14 August 2006 Attack on Pakistani ambassador to Sri Lanka Kollupitiya, Colombo District 7 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 17 were injured in the blast.[64]
16 October 2006 2006 Digampathaha bombing 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.[65]
28 November 2007 Nugegoda shopping mall bombing Nugegoda, Colombo District 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.[66][67]
16 January 2008 2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings Buttala, Monaragala District 32 LTTE A LTTE bomb attack to a bus in Buttala killed 32 people including school children and wounded 62 others.[68]
2 February 2008 Dambulla bus bombing Dambulla, Matale District 18 LTTE A pilgrimage ended in bloodshed, after LTTE members exploded a private bus killing 18 devotees including women and children, in Dambulla.[69]
23 February 2008 Fort railway station bombing 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.[70][71] Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach.
6 April 2008 2008 Weliveriya bombing Weliveriya 15 LTTE 15 people are killed by an alleged suicide bomber, who exploded himself at the start of a marathon race which was part of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration in Weliweriya town.[72] Sri Lanka's national athletics coach Lakshman de Alwis, politician Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympics runner K.A. Karunaratne and army officer Lt Colonel Udayadeera were killed in the bombing which wounded 90 others.[73][74][75] The Sri Lankan Government blamed the LTTE for the attack.
25 April 2008 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing Piliyandala, Colombo District 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.[76]
26 May 2008 2008 Dehiwala train bombing Dehiwala, Colombo District 8 LTTE Another bombing of a commuter train, running from Colombo to Panadura on May 26, 2008, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, killed 8 people and injured around 80.[77][78]
6 June 2008 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing Moratuwa, Colombo District 21 LTTE A roadside bomb blast targeted a crowded state-run commuter bus at about 7:35 AM. The government quickly placed blame upon the LTTE.[79]
2008 Polgolla bus bombing Polgolla, Kandy District 2 LTTE The Sri Lankan government blamed LTTE militants for a bomb explosion that occurred aboard a commuter bus, only a few hours after the attack in Moratuwa.[79]
16 June 2008 2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing Vavuniya, Vavuniya District 12 LTTE Explosives in a motorcycle detonated in front of a police station in Vavuniya, killing 12 police officers and injuring 40, including children.[80]
10 March 2009 Akuressa suicide bombing 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.[81][82]

2010s

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Date Attack Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
21 April 2019 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa 253 NTJ / ISIS[b] On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, a series of explosions occurred at three Christian churches and three hotels across Sri Lanka. Later that day, smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex and a motel, killing mainly police investigating the situation, raiding suspect locations. Several cities in Sri Lanka, including the commercial capital Colombo, were targeted. At least 310 people, including over 30 foreign nationals, were killed and more than 469 were wounded in the bombings.[84][85][86][87][88] The church bombings occurred during Easter masses in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo while the hotels targeted included the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury hotels in Colombo.[89][90][91]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Other sources blame the Yarl Devi attack on TELO.[11][12][13][14]
  2. ^ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has later claimed the responsibility for these attacks.[83]

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