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10-08-2008, 02:39 PM
Sri Lankan authorities blamed a blast in an ancient tourist town which killed a least 28 people , including a popular retired Army Genaral who had turned to politics, on the Tigers.
The Tigers are credited with perfecting the suicide bomb as a weapon in a 25 year war against the government , and have killed hundreds including top politicians in bombings, suicide or otherwise.
Here are some major bombings blamed on them;
April 1987 _____ Car bomb explodes at Colombo central bus station , killing 113 people and wounding scores........
April 1989 _____ Car bomb explodes in the eastern port of Trincomalee , killing 51 people shopping for traditional new year.......
March 1991 _____ Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeyratne is among 19 killed when a car bomb is detonated in Colombo.........
May 1991 _____ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is killed in southern India by a suspected LTTE suicide bomber.......
November 1992 ____ Navy chief Clancey Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing in Colombo...............
May 1993 _____ President Ranasinghe Premadasa an d23 others are killed by a suicide bomber in Colombo.............
October 1994 ____ Presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake is one of 52 killed in a bomb blast at a Colombo election rally.................
January 1996 _____ A truck filled with explosives rams into the Central Bank building in Colombo killing upto 100 people and wounding 1,400.............
July 1996 _____ Two bomb blasts on a rush hour commuter train kill 57 people and wound more than 250..........................
December 1999 _____ President Chandrika Kumarathunge is woundede in an attempted assassination by a suicide bomber ; atleast 34 are killed in two explotions... she lost an eye...........
June 2000 _____ Industrial Developmenet Minister C.V. Gunaratne and 21 others are killed in a suicide bomb blast in Colombo.............
April 2006 _____ Army Commander Major Genaral Sarath Fonseka is badly hurt in an abortive suicide attack on Army H.Q in Colombo............
June 2006 _____ Army Deputy Chief of staff Parami Kulatunge killed as suicide bomber rams a Motorcycle laden with explosives into his vehicle outside Colombo..............
June 2006 ____ A mine attack on a a civilian bus in the central district of Anuradhapura killed 64........................
October 2006 _____ Nearly 100 people , mostly Navy sailors, are killed in a suicide bombing on a convoy near the town of Habarana , North east of Colombo....................
January 8, 2008 _____ Nation Building Minister D.M Dassanayake is killed by a roadside bomb blamed on Tigers in the town of Ja-Ela, 12 miles (19 km) north of Colombo.........................
January 16, 2008 _____ Suspected Tiger rebels bomb civilian bus in central district of Monaragala killing 24 people and wounding dozens on the day a 2002 ceasefire formally expires....................
February 2, 2008 _____Bomb explodes on civilian bus in central town of Dambulla , killing atleast 20 people and wounding 50. Military blames attack on Tamil Tigers.......
October 6, 2008 _____ Suicide bomber kills popular retired Army Genaarl Janaka Perera, main opposition party's provincial leader , on nothern town of Anuradhapura , along with his wife and 28 others..... Army blames Tigers................
The Tigers are credited with perfecting the suicide bomb as a weapon in a 25 year war against the government , and have killed hundreds including top politicians in bombings, suicide or otherwise.
Here are some major bombings blamed on them;
April 1987 _____ Car bomb explodes at Colombo central bus station , killing 113 people and wounding scores........
April 1989 _____ Car bomb explodes in the eastern port of Trincomalee , killing 51 people shopping for traditional new year.......
March 1991 _____ Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeyratne is among 19 killed when a car bomb is detonated in Colombo.........
May 1991 _____ Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is killed in southern India by a suspected LTTE suicide bomber.......
November 1992 ____ Navy chief Clancey Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing in Colombo...............
May 1993 _____ President Ranasinghe Premadasa an d23 others are killed by a suicide bomber in Colombo.............
October 1994 ____ Presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake is one of 52 killed in a bomb blast at a Colombo election rally.................
January 1996 _____ A truck filled with explosives rams into the Central Bank building in Colombo killing upto 100 people and wounding 1,400.............
July 1996 _____ Two bomb blasts on a rush hour commuter train kill 57 people and wound more than 250..........................
December 1999 _____ President Chandrika Kumarathunge is woundede in an attempted assassination by a suicide bomber ; atleast 34 are killed in two explotions... she lost an eye...........
June 2000 _____ Industrial Developmenet Minister C.V. Gunaratne and 21 others are killed in a suicide bomb blast in Colombo.............
April 2006 _____ Army Commander Major Genaral Sarath Fonseka is badly hurt in an abortive suicide attack on Army H.Q in Colombo............
June 2006 _____ Army Deputy Chief of staff Parami Kulatunge killed as suicide bomber rams a Motorcycle laden with explosives into his vehicle outside Colombo..............
June 2006 ____ A mine attack on a a civilian bus in the central district of Anuradhapura killed 64........................
October 2006 _____ Nearly 100 people , mostly Navy sailors, are killed in a suicide bombing on a convoy near the town of Habarana , North east of Colombo....................
January 8, 2008 _____ Nation Building Minister D.M Dassanayake is killed by a roadside bomb blamed on Tigers in the town of Ja-Ela, 12 miles (19 km) north of Colombo.........................
January 16, 2008 _____ Suspected Tiger rebels bomb civilian bus in central district of Monaragala killing 24 people and wounding dozens on the day a 2002 ceasefire formally expires....................
February 2, 2008 _____Bomb explodes on civilian bus in central town of Dambulla , killing atleast 20 people and wounding 50. Military blames attack on Tamil Tigers.......
October 6, 2008 _____ Suicide bomber kills popular retired Army Genaarl Janaka Perera, main opposition party's provincial leader , on nothern town of Anuradhapura , along with his wife and 28 others..... Army blames Tigers................