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The deadliest single attack for the decade was the <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_massacre" title="Anuradhapura massacre">Anuradhapura massacre</a> in 1985. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks_in_chronological_order">Attacks in chronological order</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Attacks in chronological order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1983">1983</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>July 23</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Four_Four_Bravo" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Four Bravo">Four Four Bravo</a></b>: 13 soldiers are killed in an LTTE ambush in <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a>, sparking anti-Tamil riots that cause the death of approximately 4000 Tamils across Sri Lanka during four days, in what would be later labelled as <a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_District" title="Jaffna District">Jaffna District</a></td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>13</td> <td> <p><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984">1984</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1984 marked the intensification of the war between the Tamil separatists and the Sri Lankan government, as well as the first reports of civilian massacres by the LTTE. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>November 11</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kent_and_Dollar_Farm_massacres" title="Kent and Dollar Farm massacres">Dollar Farm massacre</a></b>: 33 civilians which included women and children were attacked in Dollar Farm village in the night by an armed group made up of LTTE cadres.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu District</a></td> <td>33</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>33</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD84_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD84-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 30</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kent_and_Dollar_Farm_massacres" title="Kent and Dollar Farm massacres">Kent Farm massacre</a></b>: Following the attack on the Dollar Farm village, a second night raid was launched by the LTTE cadres which targeted the Kent Farm village, 29 civilians including women and children were massacred. They also looted and set fire on to victims houses.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu District</a></td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>29</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD84_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD84-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Kokkilai_massacre_(LTTE)" title="1984 Kokkilai massacre (LTTE)">Kokilai massacre</a></b>: LTTE cadres kill eleven Sinhalese civilians in the fishing village of Kokilai.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kokkilai" title="Kokkilai">Kokkilai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu District</a></td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 31</td> <td>LTTE members kill 4 Tamil civilians and dump them outside of Batticaloa for refusing to fight for the group. Altogether 30 Tamil civilians were killed for similar reasons in 1984.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td></td> <td>30</td> <td></td> <td>30</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985">1985</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1985 marked a major escalation of hostilities. For the first time the LTTE attacked a major Sinhalese majority town killing 146 unarmed civilians. The impact of this attack was felt across the island and received worldwide attention. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>May 5</td> <td>Wilpattu Village Massacre: Wilpattu, a Sinhalese village in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a>, was the target of a raid of an armed group of LTTE cadres, who killed 18 villagers that included women and children.</td> <td>Wilpattu, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a></td> <td>18</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>18</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD85_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 14</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_massacre" title="Anuradhapura massacre">Anuradhapura massacre</a></b>: LTTE gunmen shoot dead 146 Sinhalese civilians and injure 85 others as they were praying at <a href="/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi" title="Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi">Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi</a>, a sacred Buddhist shrine in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a></td> <td>146</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>146</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-BBC,_Tamil_timeline_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC,_Tamil_timeline-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 14</td> <td>LTTE cadres shoot dead 18 Sinhalese civilians in the <a href="/wiki/Wilpattu_National_Park" title="Wilpattu National Park">Wilpattu National Park</a> while they are fleeing from the massacre of 146 civilians earlier in the day (see <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_massacre" title="Anuradhapura massacre">Anuradhapura massacre</a>).</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilpattu_National_Park" title="Wilpattu National Park">Wilpattu National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a></td> <td>18</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>18</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 30</td> <td>LTTE cadres shoot and kill five Sinhalese civilians in the villages of Mahandapura and Dehiwatta. People of these villages had previously received numerous threats from the LTTE associates. This massacre was part of a series of massacres aimed at displacing Sinhalese from the North East of Sri Lanka.</td> <td>Mahandapura and Dehiwatta, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 4</td> <td>Dehiwatta Village Massacre: Armed with sharp weapons over 100 LTTE cadres killed 15 villagers on their sleeping mats in the village of Dehiwatta. Victims included women and children, which were the majority killed.</td> <td>Dehiwatta, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD85_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 11</td> <td>13 Sinhalese civilians are shot dead by LTTE gunmen in Dehiwatta.</td> <td>Dehiwatta, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>13</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 2</td> <td>LTTE cadres shot dead three Sinhalese Buddhist monks and three civilians, while they were worshipping at the Ruhunu Somavathiya Temple.</td> <td>Thrikonamadu, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 14</td> <td>Aranthalawa Village Massacre: Seven Sinhalese villagers were tortured and killed at Aranthalawa. They were targeted by an armed group of LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Aranthalawa, <a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara District</a></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD85_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 18</td> <td>Namalwatta Village Massacre I: A group of LTTE cadres armed with sharp weapons hacked 7 villagers.</td> <td>Namalwatta, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD85_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 7</td> <td>Namalwatta Village Massacre II: Ten villagers, including women and children were raided and executed at Namalwatta for the second time.</td> <td>Namalwatta, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD85_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 20</td> <td>Six Madhu pilgrims, abducted by the LTTE on 12/12/85 were executed.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannar,_Sri_Lanka" title="Mannar, Sri Lanka">Mannar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mannar_District" title="Mannar District">Mannar District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986">1986</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>February 2</td> <td>Kantale Village massacre: Armed with small arms and swords LTTE cadres raided the village of Kantalai killing 19 civilians.</td> <td>Kantalai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>19</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 19</td> <td>When refugees from Serunuwara, Dehiwatta were being escorted by army personnel along Ella/Kantalai road, LTTE exploded a mine killing 35 civilians and four army personnel.</td> <td>Sittaru Kantalai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>39</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka_Flight_512" title="Air Lanka Flight 512">Air Lanka Flight 512</a></b>: LTTE bomb explodes aboard <a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Lanka">Air Lanka</a> flight carrying mainly French, British and Japanese tourists killing 21 (including 13 foreigners - of whom 3 British, 2 German, 3 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Maldivian and 1 Pakistani) and injuring 41 on <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" title="Bandaranaike International Airport">Bandaranaike International Airport</a>.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katunayake" title="Katunayake">Katunayake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>21</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 5</td> <td>Kinniya Village massacre: Four Moor civilians were tortured and killed by a group of LTTE cadres.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinniya" title="Kinniya">Kinniya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 6</td> <td>Central Telegraph Office Bombing: The <a href="/wiki/Central_Telegraph_Office,_Colombo" title="Central Telegraph Office, Colombo">Central Telegraph Office, Colombo</a> was the target on a bomb detonated by the LTTE cadres which killed 14 civilians who were at the office.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>14</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 25</td> <td>Mahadivulwewa Village massacre: An armed group of LTTE cadres killed 20 Sinhalese by shooting them dead and set alight 20 houses.</td> <td>Mahadivulwewa, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a></td> <td>20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>20</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2</td> <td>Trincomalee 3rd Mile post massacre: Civilian homes at the 3rd mile post, Trincomalee were stormed by a group of armed LTTE cadres who killed 10 civilians, including women and children</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 4</td> <td>Andankulam Village massacre: 17–20 civilians, including Ven. Bakamune Subaddalanakara Thero, were attacked, tortured and killed by LTTE cadres in the village of Andankulam.</td> <td>Andankulam, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>17–20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>17–20</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 11</td> <td>22 people were killed and another 75 others were injured when two bombs were detonated simultaneously by the LTTE on two buses heading to Kantalai and Colombo respectively. The first bus was front of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Ceylon" title="Bank of Ceylon">Bank of Ceylon</a> Trincomalee branch and the other in close proximity to the SP office.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>22</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 21</td> <td>Wilgamwehera Village massacre: 9 civilians, including children, were murdered in the Wilgamwehera hamlet by LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Wilgamwehera, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 25</td> <td>Bomb exploded in a vehicle by LTTE killed 16 Sinhalese.</td> <td>Sittaru, Kantalai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>16</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 8</td> <td>Monkey Bridge Village massacre: 15 Sinhalese villagers were shot to death by LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Monkey Bridge, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 9</td> <td>Mollipothana Village massacre: Mullipothana village was stormed at night by a group of armed LTTE cadres who killed 16 civilians most of them being women and children.</td> <td>Mullipothana, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>16</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 13</td> <td>Pavakkulam Village massacre: Nine Tamil and two Sinhalese villages were killed by four LTTE cadres who had arrived in a jeep to tract No. 16, Pavakkulam.</td> <td>Pavakkulam, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 19</td> <td>Beruwil & Wadigawewa Village massacre: The villages of Beruwil and Waigawewa were stormed by large armed group of LTTE cadres numbering over 100, killing 17 villagers including women and children, as well as causing serious cut wounds to at least 5 others.</td> <td>Beruwil & Wilgamwehera, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 19</td> <td>LTTE cadres shot dead twelve Sinhalese villagers.</td> <td>Wadigawewa, <a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a></td> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 22</td> <td>LTTE cadres exploded a land-mine on a civilian bus, killing 32 Sinhalese civilians and injuring 20 others.</td> <td>Mammaduwa, <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya District</a></td> <td>32</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>32</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 24</td> <td>A bomb exploded inside a bus proceeding from Vavuniya to Anuradhapura; killing 13 passengers and injuring 40 others.</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>13</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 24</td> <td>About 50 LTTE cadres entered Damana, a Sinhalese village, and killed nine persons; another 13 were injured.</td> <td>Damana, Central Province</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 17</td> <td>Kantalai massacre: LTTE cadres entered block No.4 of the Sugar Corporation, Kantalai and ten civilians were shot to death.</td> <td>Kantalai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 17</td> <td>Wadigawewa Village massacre: Following the Kantalai massacre, the village of Wadigawewa was attacked by the same group of LTTE cadres who killed 12 villagers including women and children.</td> <td>Wadigawewa, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD86_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD86-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987">1987</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1987"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>4 February</td> <td>Manthottam massacre: The village of Manthottam, which is mostly made up of Sinhalese, was attacked by a group of 50 armed LTTE cadres, who murdered eight villagers after brutally torturing them. The death toll was reduced since villagers had hid in the surrounding jungles anticipating such an attack.</td> <td>Manthottam, <a href="/wiki/Mannar_District" title="Mannar District">Mannar District</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>8</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 February</td> <td>Arantalawa massacre: In a night house-to-house raid LTTE cadres armed with swords, machetes, clubs and small-arms killed 27 to 28 civilians including children and women. Pregnant mothers were found hacked to death and with their necks slashed.</td> <td>Arantalawa, <a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>27-28</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 March</td> <td>Awarantalawa massacre: Six civilians were killed when the LTTE detonated a land-mine as troops were passing. Also killed were seven soldiers and four NAF soldiers.</td> <td>Awarantalawa, <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>17</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 March</td> <td>Serunuwara Horowpathana massacre: LTTE cadres shot dead 26 Sinhalese villagers.</td> <td>Serunuwara Horowpathana</td> <td>26</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>26</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 March</td> <td>Serunuwara massacre: Armed LTTE cadres stormed Serunuwara village, mostly inhabited by Sinhalese, and herded the farming families at gunpoint to a road. They were then shot there in execution style. In total 25 villagers were killed, most of whom were women and children.</td> <td>Serunuwara, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 April</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aluth_Oya_massacre" title="Aluth Oya massacre">Aluth Oya massacre</a></b>: LTTE cadres shot dead 127 Sinhalese civilians, including 31 police and security force personnel who were travelling in 3 buses and 2 trucks to <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a>. The cadres clad in military uniforms stopped the vehicles and dragged out the passengers and shot them to death with automatic weapons after brutally assaulting them with clubs. Over 70 with injuries were air lifted. The dead included many children and 12 off duty security personnel. Most of the victims were families visiting their relatives for the new year.</td> <td>Aluth oya, <a href="/wiki/Habarana" title="Habarana">Habarana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a></td> <td>127</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>127</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bubblebursts_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bubblebursts-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 April</td> <td>Jayanthipura Massacre: The majority Sinhalese village of Jayanthipura was raided by a group of armed LTTE who murdered 15 civilians including women and children.</td> <td>Jayanthipura, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>15</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Bus_Station_Bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Bus Station Bombing">Central Bus Station Bombing</a></b>: A bomb detonated by militants at the central bus terminal of Colombo killed 113 civilians, two policemen and a soldier; 298 others were injured. Both the LTTE and <a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a> were blamed for the attack.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pettah,_Sri_Lanka" title="Pettah, Sri Lanka">Pettah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>116</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters2008_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April</td> <td>Jayanthipura massacre: 15 Sinhalese villagers were shot dead by LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Jayanthipura, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>15</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 May</td> <td>Attack on Kadawathmadu: A group of armed LTTE cadres raided the majority Sinhalese village of Kadawathmadu killing seven civilians and leaving five others injured. Due to the LTTE threat, the villagers slept in jungle hideouts during the night, which reduced the casualties.</td> <td>Kadawathmadu, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 June</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aranthalawa_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Aranthalawa Massacre">Aranthalawa Massacre</a></b>: In the first massacre of Buddhist monks in modern Sri Lankan history, a bus carrying Buddhist monks was stopped by LTTE in Arantalawa. 32 <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist monk">Buddhist monks</a>, including Chief Priest Ven. Hegoda Indrasara, were killed with only one monk surviving.</td> <td>Arantalawa</td> <td>32</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>32</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 June</td> <td>Nelliady attack: In the first suicide attack by the <a href="/wiki/LTTE_Black_Tiger" class="mw-redirect" title="LTTE Black Tiger">LTTE Black Tigers</a>, a small truck laden with explosives was driven into a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a> base in Nelliady, <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaffna peninsula">Jaffna peninsula</a> by <a href="/wiki/Vallipuram_Vasanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallipuram Vasanthan">Vallipuram Vasanthan</a>. Over 50 soldiers were killed along with Vasanthan.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nelliady" title="Nelliady">Nelliady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_District" title="Jaffna District">Jaffna District</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>50</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 June</td> <td>Veppankulam attack: 13 civilians and a soldier were killed when a private van en route from Horowpathana to <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a> was blowup by a LTTE pressure mine.</td> <td>Veppankulam, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>14</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 June</td> <td>Godapotta massacre: A meeting to discuss a new temple was attacked by the LTTE, who surrounded the temple and attacked the gathering of over 175 villagers, resulting in the deaths of eight villagers; a soldier and six people were injured.</td> <td>Godapotta, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 June</td> <td>Godapotta massacre: The hamlet of Godapotha, a majority Sinhalese village in Polonnaruwa was raided by a group of armed LTTE cadres, killing eight villagers and injuring one. The death toll was reduced since villagers had hid in the surrounding jungles anticipating such an attack.</td> <td>Godapotha, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>8</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 July</td> <td>Thoppur massacre: Nine villagers were killed after being tortured by LTTE cadres armed with swords, machetes and small arms.</td> <td>Thoppur, <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_District" title="Jaffna District">Jaffna District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October</td> <td>Batticaloa: 18 Sinhalese civilians were shot dead by LTTE cadres.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>18</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October</td> <td>Tharavi massacre: Tharavi, a majority Sinhalese village, was stormed by over 100 LTTE cadres armed with swords, machetes and small arms, who killed 25 civilians, mostly women and children including infants and pregnant mothers.</td> <td>Tharavi, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October</td> <td>Sagarapura massacre: A house-to-house massacre was carried out by LTTE cadres, clubbing children to death in front of their parents, and hacking the adults to death using sharp weapons. 27 Sinhalese villagers were shot dead. After looting their victims' homes, these were set alight, burning the wounded victims alive. Another six villagers survived the attack with serious cut wounds.</td> <td>Sagarapura, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>27</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>27</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October</td> <td>Valaichchenai massacre: 40 Sinhalese passengers in the night-mail train from Batticaloa were killed by LTTE cadres who stopped the train.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valaichchenai" title="Valaichchenai">Valaichchenai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>40</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 October</td> <td>Pottuvil Monargala Road massacre: 25 Sinhalese passengers travelling by bus were shot dead by LTTE cadres, who also killed five motorcyclists travelling along the same route.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pottuvil" title="Pottuvil">Pottuvil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>30</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 October</td> <td>Ganthalawa massacre: Gantalawa hamlet in Kantala was attacked and 9-10 civilians murdered with three wounded by LTTE cadres armed with swords, machetes and small arms.</td> <td>Ganthalawa</td> <td>9-10</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>9-10</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 October</td> <td>Ella Kantalai massacre: Ella Kantalai, a majority Sinhalese village, was attacked by LTTE cadres armed with swords, machetes and small arms, killing 14 civilians including women and children.</td> <td>Ella Kantalai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>14</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 October</td> <td>Pulimodai massacre: A private bus was stopped by LTTE cadres, who removed the Sinhalese people killing 11 including three policemen.</td> <td>Pulimodai, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>11</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 October</td> <td>Kalkudah attack: A private bus transporting Tamil passengers was blown up by a LTTE land-mine, killing 40 persons and an IPKF soldier</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalkudah" title="Kalkudah">Kalkudah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>41</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 November</td> <td>Maradana bombing: 23 civilians were killed and 106 injured by LTTE cadres who exploded a bomb, another 15 were shot dead.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maradana" title="Maradana">Maradana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>38</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 November</td> <td>Kalkuda massacre: Seven Sinhalese people selling fish were shot dead by LTTE cadres.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalkudah" title="Kalkudah">Kalkudah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 November</td> <td>Cheddikulam massacre: 12 Tamil persons and 13 PLOTE members were killed when their van was blown up by an LTTE land-mine.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheddikulam" title="Cheddikulam">Cheddikulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya District</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>24</td> <td>-</td> <td>24</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 December</td> <td>Devalagodella massacre: Devalagodella and Somavathiya villages were attacked by LTTE cadres armed with small arms and sharp weapons, killing 7-9 civilians.</td> <td>Devalagodella, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 December</td> <td>Morawewa massacre: 5-6 Sinhalese and a Tamil were abducted and tortured to death by LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Morawewa, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 December</td> <td>Mahadivulwewa massacre: 10 villagers were shot dead and 15 houses burnt by LTTE cadres.</td> <td>Mahadivulwewa, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>?</td> <td>10</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 December</td> <td>Kathankadu massacre: The Muslim majority village of Kathankadu is raided by LTTE cadres armed with sharp weapons and small arms, who carried out the killing of 30 civilians, including women and children with bodies severely mutilated.</td> <td>Kathankadu, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>30</td> <td>30</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD87_10-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD87-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988">1988</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>March 2</b>: Morawewa, Trincomalee: LTTE cadres shot dead 14 Sinhalese villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 11</b>: Suhadagama Horowpathana Anuradhapura: A group of LTTE cadres attacked a private bus, 22 Sri 2218, at Suhadagamaw with small arms and grenades, killing 19 passengers and injuring nine others.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 14</b>: Galmitiyawa, Kantalai: LTTE cadres shot dead 13 Sinhalese villagers at Galmitiyawa.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 15</b>: Kivulkade, Morawewa, Trincomalee: Two groups of LTTE operatives entered the village and killed seven Sinhalese villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 17</b>: Deegavapiya, Damana, Ampara: LTTE cadres hacked to death 13 Sinhalese villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 22</b>: Pudukulam, Vavuniya: Between ten and 15 LTTE cadres attacked the Sinhalese village and killed six villagers. Another three were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 22</b>: Medavachchi-kulam Vavuniya: LTTE cadres shot dead nine Sinhalese villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 29</b>: Wewalketiya: A LTTE bomb exploded inside CTB bus 29 Sri 9037 Anuradhapura which was proceeding from Horowpathana to Medavachchiya, killing nine passengers and injuring 14 others.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March 31</b>: Saindamaradu, Kalmunai: LTTE cadres attacked the village, killing ten Muslims and seven Tamils.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>April 8</b>: Horowpathana, Meegaswewa, Anuradhapura: LTTE gunmen killed 14 Sinhalese.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>May 1</b>: Sittaru Kantalai, Trincomalee: LTTE cadres exploded a land-mine on a CTB bus killing twelve Sinhalese, nine Muslims and five others, who were not identified.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>July 28</b>: Ethawetunawewa, Weli Oya: LTTE operatives hacked to death 16 Sinhalese villagers.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>August 16</b>: Trincomalee (opposite Clock Tower): LTTE cadres exploded a bomb, killing sixe Sinhalese, two Muslims, one Tamil and a soldier; 19 persons sustained injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>August 25</b>: Marawila, Polonnaruwa: LTTE cadres killed eleven civilians by cutting their necks.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>September 10</b>: 16th Colony, Central Camp Ampara: LTTE cadres shot dead seven Sinhalese and four Tamils.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>October 9</b>: Mahakongaskada Medavachchiya: LTTuding two security force personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989">1989</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th width="40%">Attack</th> <th width="25%">Location</th> <th width="5%">Sinhalese</th> <th width="5%">Tamils</th> <th width="5%">Muslims</th> <th width="5%">Death toll</th> <th width="5%">Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td>January 17</td> <td>Maharambekulam Village massacre</td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MOD89_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD89-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 2</td> <td>Bogamuyaya Village massacre</td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD89_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD89-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 11</td> <td>Dutuwewa Village massacre</td> <td>Dutuwewa, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>37</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>37</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD89_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD89-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 11</td> <td>Singhapura Village massacre</td> <td>Singhapura</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD89_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD89-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 27</td> <td>Borawewa Village bloodbath</td> <td>Borawewa, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa District</a></td> <td>38</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>38</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD89_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD89-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 17</td> <td>Nochchikulam Village massacre: An <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">IDE</a> explosion, killing eight civilians and injuring four others.</td> <td>Nochchikulam, <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya District</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-GOSL_3-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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1970s">in the 1970s</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1990s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_2000s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_assassinated_by_the_Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="List of people assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_bombings_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka">Suicide bombings</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_II" title="Eelam War II">Eelam War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_III" title="Eelam War III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_IV" title="Eelam War IV">IV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Eastern</a> / <a href="/wiki/Northern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Northern theatres</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="List of military operations of the Sri Lankan civil war">battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kokkilai_offensive" title="Kokkilai offensive">Kokkilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" title="Vadamarachchi Operation">Vadamarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Poomalai" title="Operation Poomalai">Poomalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pawan" title="Operation Pawan">Pawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_University_Helidrop" title="Jaffna University Helidrop">Jaffna University Helidrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Balavegaya" title="Operation Balavegaya">Balavegaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="First Battle of Elephant Pass">1st Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pooneryn" title="Battle of Pooneryn">Pooneryn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Riviresa" title="Operation Riviresa">Riviresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(1996)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)">1st Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Weli_Oya_(1995)" title="Battle of Weli Oya (1995)">Weli Oya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sath_Jaya" title="Operation Sath Jaya">Sath Jaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Vavunathivu_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Vavunathivu Offensive">Vavunathivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jayasikurui" title="Operation Jayasikurui">Jayasikurui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thandikulam%E2%80%93Omanthai_offensive" title="Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive">Thandikulam–Omanthai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Battle of Kilinochchi">1st Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oddusuddan_offensive_(1999)" title="Oddusuddan offensive (1999)">Oddusuddan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_A-9_highway" title="Battle for the A-9 highway">A-9 highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="Second Battle of Elephant Pass">2nd Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pedro_(2006)" title="Battle of Point Pedro (2006)">Point Pedro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jaffna_(2006)" title="Battle of Jaffna (2006)">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thoppigala" title="Battle of Thoppigala">Thoppigala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vidattaltivu" title="Battle of Vidattaltivu">Vidattaltivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–2009 Battle of Kilinochchi">2nd Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(2009)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (2009)">2nd Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Puthukkudiyirippu" title="Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu">Puthukkudiyirippu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka_Flight_512" title="Air Lanka Flight 512">Air Lanka Flight 512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Sri_Lanka_Accord" title="Indo-Sri Lanka Accord">Indo-Sri Lanka Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern province by LTTE">Expulsions from Northern province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali">Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi">Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Temple_of_the_Tooth_attack" title="1998 Temple of the Tooth attack">Temple of the Tooth attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionair_Flight_602" title="Lionair Flight 602">Lionair Flight 602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_non-resident_Tamils_from_Colombo" title="Expulsion of non-resident Tamils from Colombo">Expulsions from Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_suicide_air_raid_on_Colombo" title="2009 suicide air raid on Colombo">2009 suicide air raid on Colombo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sri Lanka</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)">Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Weeratunga" title="Tissa Weeratunga">Tissa Weeratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Seneviratne" title="Nalin Seneviratne">Nalin Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Wanasinghe" title="Hamilton Wanasinghe">Hamilton Wanasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Waidyaratne" title="Cecil Waidyaratne">Cecil Waidyaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._H._De_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="G. H. De Silva">G. H. De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohan_Daluwatte" title="Rohan Daluwatte">Rohan Daluwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srilal_Weerasooriya" title="Srilal Weerasooriya">Srilal Weerasooriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._P._Balagalle" class="mw-redirect" title="L. P. Balagalle">L. P. Balagalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Kottegoda" title="Shantha Kottegoda">Shantha Kottegoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Navy_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asoka_de_Silva_(Admiral)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asoka de Silva (Admiral)">Asoka de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._A._Silva" title="H. A. Silva">H. A. Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clancy_Fernando" title="Clancy Fernando">Clancy Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._A._M._R._Samarasekara" title="D. A. M. R. Samarasekara">D. A. M. R. Samarasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._C._A._C._Thisera" title="H. C. A. C. Thisera">H. C. A. C. Thisera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Sandagiri" title="Daya Sandagiri">Daya Sandagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Karannagoda" title="Wasantha Karannagoda">Wasantha Karannagoda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)">Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Perera" title="Dick Perera">Dick Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andibuduge_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="Andibuduge Fernando">Andibuduge Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makalandage_Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="Makalandage Gunawardena">Makalandage Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Ranasinghe" title="Oliver Ranasinghe">Oliver Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Weerakkody" title="Jayalath Weerakkody">Jayalath Weerakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Perera" title="Donald Perera">Donald Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Goonetileke" title="Roshan Goonetileke">Roshan Goonetileke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Civilian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri Banda Wijetunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LTTE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE" title="List of commanders of the LTTE">Militant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Velupillai_Prabhakaran" title="Velupillai Prabhakaran">Velupillai Prabhakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottu_Amman_(Tamil_militant)" title="Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)">Pottu Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thillaiyampalam_Sivanesan" class="mw-redirect" title="Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan">Soosai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayagamoorthy_Muralitharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan">Karuna Amman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Political</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selvarasa_Pathmanathan" title="Selvarasa Pathmanathan">Selvarasa Pathmanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Balasingham" title="Anton Balasingham">Anton Balasingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Thamilselvan" title="S. P. Thamilselvan">S. P. Thamilselvan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">India</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harkirat_Singh_(general)" title="Harkirat Singh (general)">Harkirat Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_K._Mehta" title="Ashok K. Mehta">Ashok K. Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulwant_Singh_(general)" title="Kulwant Singh (general)">Kulwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depinder_Singh" title="Depinder Singh">Depinder Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalvir_Singh" title="Dalvir Singh">Dalvir Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Sundarji" title="Krishnaswamy Sundarji">Krishnaswamy Sundarji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Civilian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._Venkataraman" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Venkataraman">R. Venkataraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiko" title="Vaiko">Vaiko</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aftermath</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_genocide" title="Tamil genocide">Genocide</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_Tamil_genocide" title="List of films about the Tamil genocide">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Northern_Province_Council_resolution_on_genocide_of_Tamils" title="2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils">NPC resolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lessons_Learnt_and_Reconciliation_Commission" title="Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission">LLRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_end_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Reactions to the end of the Sri Lankan civil war">Reactions</a> (<a href="/wiki/Protests_against_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Protests against the Sri Lankan civil war">Protests</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remembrance_Day_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)">Remembrance Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Report_of_the_Secretary-General%27s_Panel_of_Experts_on_Accountability_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka">UN Panel on Accountability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_during_the_final_stages_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="War crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war">War crimes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_chemical_weapons_use_in_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Allegations of chemical weapons use in the Sri Lankan civil war">Chemical weapons</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Casualties of the Sri Lankan civil war">Casualties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan civil war">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of massacres in Sri Lanka">Massacres</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militant_use_of_children_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Militant use of children in Sri Lanka">Child soldiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka">Disappearances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Office_on_Missing_Persons" title="Office on Missing Persons">Office on Missing Persons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Human rights in Sri Lanka">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war_in_popular_culture" title="Sri Lankan civil war in popular culture">Popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Terrorism in Sri Lanka">Terrorism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_(non-state)_terrorist_incidents_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of (non-state) terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka">Non-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_and_state_terrorism" title="Sri Lanka and state terrorism">State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prevention_of_Terrorism_Act_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prevention of Terrorism Act (Sri Lanka)">PTA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_violence_against_Tamils_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka">Sexual violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">Sixth Amendment</a></li> <li><a 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