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12-22-2008, 08:09 PM
Sep 17, 2006 Pottuvil Eleven Muslim Civilians were murdered by the LTTE terrorists. Their bodies were found after they had apparently gone to repair an irrigation system. Only survivor of the massacre said "On Sunday evening suddenly a group of Tigers stormed the place where we were. They were armed with guns, sickles, knives and axes. They abducted us, took us to the forest, and blindfolded us. After it became dark, they attacked us with sickles, axes and knives."
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Aug 8, 2006 Colombo
Three civilians including a three year old girl were murdered by the LTTE terrorists exploding a car bomb.
The bomb went off near a girls' school in a residential area of the city.
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June 15, 2006 Anuradapura LTTE terrorists murdered 64 passengers and injured at least 80 travelling exploding a claymore mine on a bus to the town of Kebitigollewa in Sri Lanka's north central province. Most of the killed were children.
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May 29, 2006 WELIKANDA LTTE terrorists brutally massacred 12 civilians working at an irrigation canal construction site in eastern Welikanda area last night. An eyewitness told police that 15 armed cadres of LTTE - some in striped uniforms and some in civilian dress tied the construction workers together and fired at them point blank range killing 12 instantaneously.
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Apr 24 2006 Trincomalee LTTE terrorists hacked to death a young mother while she was breastfeeding her infant at home in the Block C area of Serunuwara in Trincomalee this evening.
In a similar incident 12 hours earlier, LTTE murdered a three-year-old Muslim infant while he was with his mother.
Apr 23 2006 Trincomalee LTTE terrorists massacres six farmers to incite ehnic rioting. Police say the Tigers massacred the villagers in the district of Trincomalee.
"Those farmers were working in their paddy fields when they were taken and shot," army spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said, Reuters news agency reports.
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Mudiyaselage Rupasinghe, center left, mourns after seeing the body of his son Eranda Sadaruwan.
Nov 18 2005 LTTE Election Violence Kill Scores in
North and East
Sri Lanka In Jaffna, one UNP activist was shot and killed by the LTTE and the voters from the LTTE controlled area were not allowed to vote by LTTE.
A hand grenade was hurled at the polling booth at the Jaffna Stanley Collage around 7.45 am toady, but it failed to explode. LTTE cadres who came by in a motor bicycle have hurled this grenade. LTTE cadres were seen roaming in motor bicycles near most of the polling booths in Jaffna and threatened the voters.
LTTE exploded a hand grenade in Puttalam area in order to threaten the people who came for voting, killing number of Tamil voters.
UNP member, R. Somapala residing on Kandy Road in Trincomalee was shot and killed by the LTTE. He owns a tyre store on Kandy Road. He was working for the UNP in this Presidential Elections. He was shot and killed today around 2:30 pm.
The Kalwunkerni Post Officer Gomathi Veerapathiran (35) of School Road, Kaluwunkerni was kidnapped last night around 9 pm and hacked to death by the LTTE. Reports say, that yesterday afternoon, the LTTE had gone to her post office and demanded that she hand over the undelivered ballot papers to them. But Gomathi had refused to give them to the LTTE.
Oct 18 2005 Vavuniya LTTE terrorists fatally shot a village official in northern Sri Lanka. P.Weerasingham was shot dead in Vavuniya.
Oct 11 2005 Jaffna LTTE terrorists murder two school principals in Jaffna. Principal of Kopay Christian College Nadarajah Sivakadacham was killed by the terrorists in front of his home in Kopay North. A day earlier, principal of Jaffna Central College, K. Rajadurai, was murdered near the Jaffna library. Both principals were strong critic of LTTE child conscription.
Aug 12 2005 Colombo LTTE terrorists murder Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Mr. Lashman Kadiragamar shooting him in the head and chest.
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Aug 12 2005 Colombo LTTE terrorists murder a Tamil broadcaster and her husband at their shop in Colombo.
Relangi and her husband killed in their shop at Wellawatta. Sri Lanka's Tamil activists say Tamil Tigers have shot and killed a senior Tamil broadcaster and her husband in the capital Colombo.
Relangi Selvarajah, 44, a well-known newsreader worked for government owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporarion, and her husband were gunned down around 1300 Sri Lankan time.
Mar 7 2005 Welikanda LTTE terrorists stormed a village in Welikanda and killed six civilians including a Sinhalese, four Muslims and one Tamil on Saturday night.
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Military spokesperson Brig. Daya Ratnayake said suspected Wanni gunmen stormed Kolakanawadiya village and indiscriminately opened fire on civilians, killing six and injuring three others. The injured were rushed to the Polonnaruwa hospital for treatment
27 Oct 2004 Batticaloa LTTE terrorists lobbed a grenade and killed a Swiss national in eastern district of Batticaloa, police said on Tuesday. The victim identified as Hans Ulrich was attacked as he was in his home in Batticaloa on Monday night.
25 Oct 2004 Colombo LTTE terrorists murdered one Tamil man, and three others were seriously injured in the general area of WELLAWATTE, COLOMBO-6 on 25 October 2004 around 9.15 p.m. when an unidentified group of LTTE men from WANNI faction fired at them for reasons best known only to the assassins.
8 Oct 2004 WELIKANDA Six LTTE armed men abducted and killed a civilian in the general area of SEVANAPITIYA on Wednesday (6) night, initial Police reports confirmed.
The victim' bullet-riddled body was found abandoned on the banks of a rural tank. The 37-year old victim, DHARMALINGAM SATHYALINGAM's house at No.114 of MUTUGALA,SEVANAPITIYA was stormed by those six armed men at about 9.00 p.m. before he was taken away and murdered.
5 Oct 2004 Welikanda LTTE terrorists murder two Muslim civilians who were returning after prayers yesterday evening in Welikanda.
Police said the victims have been identified as 45 year old M.S. Mohomadu and 42-year-old U. Kudduth. They were shot and killed at point-blank range, allegedly by LTTE cadres who arrived on a motorbike.
One of the victims was a school teacher and the other was a farmer.
28 June 2004 Vavuniya Continuing its killing of members of rival political parties, the LTTE pistol group shot and killed an ex-PLOTE member last night at Pattakulam in Vavuniya.
The victim has been identified as K. Devaraja (49), the father of two children. While riding home on a bicycle, two gunmen arrived and shot the victim, killing him on the spot.
Upto
11 Nov 2003
from
Feb 2002
Eastern Sri Lanka
Muslim Civilians Killed by the LTTE After the Signing of the MoU 27th June 2002, Valaichenai
1) Hyath Mohamed Januudeen (26)
2) Hyath Mohamed Janushdeen (20)
The two brothers above were abducted and killed by the LTTE from a Tamil wedding in Petthalai, where they had been invited to cook.
3) Shahabdeen (37),
4) Saleem (15),
5) Anwer (20),
6) Hajamohideen (39) and
7) Mubarak
The five above were killed when the LTTE threw grenades and attacked a crowd guarding the Valaichenai Mosque on the same day.
8) H.M.Kaleel Rajman (22)
9) P.M. Ajwath (25)
The two above were returning to Valaichenai and are missing since being abducted in Kiran by an LTTE party under Jim Kelly Thattha.
10) N.M.Abusally (35)
11) H.M.Mohamed Usan (44)
12) M.A.Hyath Mohamed (42)
The three above went fishing in the Vahaneri reservoir are missing after being abducted by the LTTE on 27th June 2002.
13) Mubarak was killed when the LTTE opened fire and threw grenades at worshippers at Oddaimavady Mosque on 28th June 2002
14) A.T.M. Hussain (68) alias Kalanthar,
a Muslim auto-driver in Valaichenai, who was popular with Tamils among whom he had a large customer base, was murdered in the early hours of 5th January 2003
while at work. At this time the LTTE was threatening Tamils not to do business with Muslims.
15) Mahboobal Nayeem (28)
16.) Razak Jabir (25)
The two above were abducted by the LTTE when they went by boat from Mutur on the morning of 31st March 2003 to trade off the LTTE-controlled coast off Kadatkarichenai to the east. The two are believed to have been killed - the context behind tensions in Mutur (see forthcoming Bulletin).
On 15th April, M.M. Kiyathumma (48), the
mother of Nayeem, committed suicide by swallowing poison.
17) 17th April 2003: Nilabdeen (50) died of gunshot injuries in the Palath-Thoppur area after being fired upon by the LTTE.
18) 21st April 2003: Mohamed Rabsali (41) of Iqbal Nagar, was shot dead by the LTTE reportedly while bathing in a tank.
19) 22nd April 2003: Meera Lebbe (50)
A resident of Selvanagar in the Mutur area, was shot dead by the LTTE. His daughter Lafir Sashila who was with him survived with injuries
5 July 2003 Batticaloa
LTTE terrorists killed another rival in the eastern Batticaloa area during the weekend. They shot and killed Mr. Mahamad Seyyadu, a political leader of the PLOTE organisation and wounded his wife.
14 June 2003 Jaffna
Leader of the EPRLF political party, Thambirajah Subathiran was murdered in the city of Jaffna by an LTTE sniper. Mr. Subathiran has been critical of the way LTTE have been harrasing the tamil population in Jaffna.
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Mr. Subathiran, Murdered by LTTE on 14 June.
03 May 2003 Jaffna
Another EPDP Pradeshiya Sabha member was killed in Jaffna by LTTE on 3 May 2003. The former EPDP chairman of the Karaveddy Pradeshiya Sabha was shot dead yesterday evening by the LTTE pistol group, another violation of the current 'cease-fire'.
22 Apr 2003 Trincomalee
The LTTE shot dead a woman and a man near the Selvanagar, Serunuwara in the Trincomalee district.
The victims were identified as Lafir Shashila (24) and Meera Lebbe.
The attackers have slashed the neck of the man and taken away the head, The Serunuwara police said. On 20 Apr LTTE shot dead a Muslim man who had come to bathe in a lake in this area, police said.
20 Jan 2002 Batticaloa
In Batticaloa, a fisherman identified as Vithyanathan, who was abducted by the LTTE on January 16, was found dead today. He is said to be a former member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and was murdered apparently for keeping links with the security forces.
14 Dec 2001 Vavuniya
LTTE Terrorists shot dead an off duty Tamil Policeman Inside his home. The terrorist armed with an automatic weapon shot dead the policeman while he was at his home in Vavuniya town watching television yesterday around 7.40 PM. The policeman attached to the Vavuniya Police Station is the father of five children. Earlier the policeman had been threatened by LTTE rebels asking him to leave the service but he resisted.
1 Dec 2001 Batticaloa
LTTE terrorists killed the abducted Gramasevaka of Kudumbamalai and a youth at midnight Saturday at Santhiveli, north of Batticaloa. The two bodies of deceased were found tied to lampposts with chains on two byroads leading to the Batticaloa beach. They had suffered head injuries. The Gramasevaka had been abducted by LTTE terrorists along with a contractor on 04 October, 2001.
27 Nov 2001 Trincomalee
The LTTE killed two civilians and injured two others in in Eastern Province. LTTE terrorists fired 81 mm mortars towards the Army detachment in the general area of Kattaparichchan, south of Trincomalee, killing one woman and injuring another on 27 November.
18 Nov 2001 Batticaloa
LTTE Gunmen shot dead a Sri Lankan opposition candidate campaigning for the country's parliamentary elections next month. Police said Thambiraja Jeyakumar, a United National Party candidate, was shot dead while driving to a campaign event in eastern Batticaloa District by members of the LTTE terrorist gang.
30 Oct 2001 Muttur, Trincomalee
A six-year-old girl was killed and six civilians were injured when LTTE terrorists threw four hand grenades at a civilian's house in a village in Muttur, Trincomalee District.
29 Oct 2001 Colombo
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up in close proximity to a meeting of the acting head of state and Premier Ratnasiri Wickremanayake at Narahenpita, Colombo.
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The terrorist exploded the bomb after raising suspicion and being questioned by police, killing a policeman and a civilian. 17 people were wounded, five of them critically. Death toll is expected to rise.
29 Oct 2001 Polonnaruwa
Two fishermen who make their living by catching fish in the Maduru Oya tank in Polonnaruwa district were shot and killed by LTTE terrorists while they were fishing this morning. The terrorists arrived at Kandegamuwa village in Maduru Oya, Polonnaruwa, from across the jungles before they fired at the fishermen indiscriminately.
7 Sep 2001 Mahindapura, Trincomalee district
A group of about 140 bus passengers were indiscriminately fired upon by LTTE terrorists killing four of them. These passengers, using their one and only bus service available on the Kantalai - Verugal road, were on their way to a religious ceremony at Sri Kandaswami Hindu Kovil in Kadiraveli.
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Deceased civilians
24 Sep 2001 Jaffna
Six members of a Tamil family, all civlians were killed by the LTTE terrorists using a land-mine explosion near Jaffna. The terrorists exploded the landmine as the family were travelling in a three-wheel taxi to the airport, bound for Colombo to escape the LTTE terror.
30 Aug 2001 Kalmunai, Ampara.
A civilian and two police officers were killed by a bomb planted by LTTE today around 8.10 AM at Kalmunai, Ampara district. The civilian was a labourer attached to the Kalmunai Divisional Secretariat, who was injured and later succumbed to his injuries.
11 Aug 2001 Polonnaruwa
LTTE shot dead two civilians in the eastern district of Polonnaruwa. The civilians are believed to have been shot in revenge for recent air attacks by the government on terrorist training camps. The civilians were shot as they were returning from a night watch in their farms.
6 June 2001 Vavniya
Two Tamil youths were shot dead by members of the LTTE s pistol gang in Vavuniya early this morning. The shootings took place in two separate incidents, in the areas of Veppamkulam Urmilathottam and Rasendrakulam at 2AM and 8 AM today.
3 Mar 2001 Welioya
LTTE terrorists abducts and kills four farmers. The Killings took place when the terrorists abducted a group of six farmers in Welioya near Trincomalee. One farmer was killed immediately and the other three were killed by the terrorists later and the bodies were discovered by an army search party. The killings took place while the LTTE was supposedly observing a 'unilateral cease-fire'. The dead farmers were later identified as P. Dharmadasa, W. Premachandra, U. Tikiri Banda and B. Raipal.
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One of the dead farmers lie in a coffin
12 Jan 2001 Jaffna An LTTE terrorist throws a hand granade in a crowded market in Jaffna, killing three Tamil civilians. The intended target of the terrorist is unclear.
19 Oct 2000 Colombo An LTTE suicide bomber blew himself up killing 5 people and and wounded 23 people, including three American women, shortly before Sri Lanka s president installed her new cabinet in Colombo. The U.S. Embassy confirmed three Americans were injured. The bomber triggered explosives wrapped on his body after a police patrol challenged him near Town Hall about a mile from President Chandrika Kumaratunga residence.
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10 Sep 2000 Batticaloa LTTE Terrorists Kill Two Parliamentary Candidates Ahead of Elections. The victims were named as Chellian Perimpanayagam, a former mayor of Batticaloa town and S Manoharpillai also a PA party memeber.
14 June 2000 Wattla
Colombo A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed himself and two others on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Wednesday but failed to hit his target, a crowded air force bus. The attacker was knocked down by a cyclist as he tried to jump in front of the military bus, police said.
8 June 2000 Batticaloa and
Trincomalee A prominent TELO member of Arayampathi, Batticaloa was shot dead by LTTE terrorists yesterday morning near the Education Department office.
In Trincomalee on 6 June around 9 PM, Marimuthu Manikkarasa age 33, was forcibly taken out of his residence at Killiweddi, Mutur and killed by the LTTE for refusing to join the organisation.
7 June 2000 Rathmalana LTTE terrorists explodes a suidide bomb in Rathmalana, killing the 65 year old Industry Minister C. V. Gooneratne, as he collected money for soldiers. Twenty two other civilians were also killled in the attack.. His wife was critically injured.
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Site of the Bomb Attack
17 May 2000 Batticaloa A powerful bomb exploded by LTTE terrorists ripped through a Buddhist feast in eastern Sri Lanka killing 29 people, including 6 children, and wounded 80. The explosion occurred near a temple in Batticaloa on Wednesday where people were witnessing an illuminated coloured structure to mark the Buddhist feast of Wesak, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar.
15 May 2000 Jaffna Anther Tamil lawmaker was gunned down Monday night by Tamil Tiger terrorists. Police said an LTTE terrorist shot dead Santhanam Kandeepan, a member of the Jaffna municipal council, in the peninsula's Arasadi area, while he was standing outside his house
15 May 2000 Jaffna LTTE terrorists kill six civilians in random shelling of densely populated areas around Jaffna due to the frustration of not being able to dislodge the government troops defending Jaffnaa.
10 Mar 2000 Colombo LTTE Terrorists attacked civilians, exploding bombs and firing rockets during the Colombo evening rush hour. Twenty civilians and four police officers were killed and 64 others were wounded on a busy street in Colombo. The terrorists missed their target, a motorcade of Cabinet ministers.
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Aug 8, 2006 Colombo
Three civilians including a three year old girl were murdered by the LTTE terrorists exploding a car bomb.
The bomb went off near a girls' school in a residential area of the city.
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June 15, 2006 Anuradapura LTTE terrorists murdered 64 passengers and injured at least 80 travelling exploding a claymore mine on a bus to the town of Kebitigollewa in Sri Lanka's north central province. Most of the killed were children.
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May 29, 2006 WELIKANDA LTTE terrorists brutally massacred 12 civilians working at an irrigation canal construction site in eastern Welikanda area last night. An eyewitness told police that 15 armed cadres of LTTE - some in striped uniforms and some in civilian dress tied the construction workers together and fired at them point blank range killing 12 instantaneously.
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Apr 24 2006 Trincomalee LTTE terrorists hacked to death a young mother while she was breastfeeding her infant at home in the Block C area of Serunuwara in Trincomalee this evening.
In a similar incident 12 hours earlier, LTTE murdered a three-year-old Muslim infant while he was with his mother.
Apr 23 2006 Trincomalee LTTE terrorists massacres six farmers to incite ehnic rioting. Police say the Tigers massacred the villagers in the district of Trincomalee.
"Those farmers were working in their paddy fields when they were taken and shot," army spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said, Reuters news agency reports.
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Mudiyaselage Rupasinghe, center left, mourns after seeing the body of his son Eranda Sadaruwan.
Nov 18 2005 LTTE Election Violence Kill Scores in
North and East
Sri Lanka In Jaffna, one UNP activist was shot and killed by the LTTE and the voters from the LTTE controlled area were not allowed to vote by LTTE.
A hand grenade was hurled at the polling booth at the Jaffna Stanley Collage around 7.45 am toady, but it failed to explode. LTTE cadres who came by in a motor bicycle have hurled this grenade. LTTE cadres were seen roaming in motor bicycles near most of the polling booths in Jaffna and threatened the voters.
LTTE exploded a hand grenade in Puttalam area in order to threaten the people who came for voting, killing number of Tamil voters.
UNP member, R. Somapala residing on Kandy Road in Trincomalee was shot and killed by the LTTE. He owns a tyre store on Kandy Road. He was working for the UNP in this Presidential Elections. He was shot and killed today around 2:30 pm.
The Kalwunkerni Post Officer Gomathi Veerapathiran (35) of School Road, Kaluwunkerni was kidnapped last night around 9 pm and hacked to death by the LTTE. Reports say, that yesterday afternoon, the LTTE had gone to her post office and demanded that she hand over the undelivered ballot papers to them. But Gomathi had refused to give them to the LTTE.
Oct 18 2005 Vavuniya LTTE terrorists fatally shot a village official in northern Sri Lanka. P.Weerasingham was shot dead in Vavuniya.
Oct 11 2005 Jaffna LTTE terrorists murder two school principals in Jaffna. Principal of Kopay Christian College Nadarajah Sivakadacham was killed by the terrorists in front of his home in Kopay North. A day earlier, principal of Jaffna Central College, K. Rajadurai, was murdered near the Jaffna library. Both principals were strong critic of LTTE child conscription.
Aug 12 2005 Colombo LTTE terrorists murder Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Mr. Lashman Kadiragamar shooting him in the head and chest.
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Aug 12 2005 Colombo LTTE terrorists murder a Tamil broadcaster and her husband at their shop in Colombo.
Relangi and her husband killed in their shop at Wellawatta. Sri Lanka's Tamil activists say Tamil Tigers have shot and killed a senior Tamil broadcaster and her husband in the capital Colombo.
Relangi Selvarajah, 44, a well-known newsreader worked for government owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporarion, and her husband were gunned down around 1300 Sri Lankan time.
Mar 7 2005 Welikanda LTTE terrorists stormed a village in Welikanda and killed six civilians including a Sinhalese, four Muslims and one Tamil on Saturday night.
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Military spokesperson Brig. Daya Ratnayake said suspected Wanni gunmen stormed Kolakanawadiya village and indiscriminately opened fire on civilians, killing six and injuring three others. The injured were rushed to the Polonnaruwa hospital for treatment
27 Oct 2004 Batticaloa LTTE terrorists lobbed a grenade and killed a Swiss national in eastern district of Batticaloa, police said on Tuesday. The victim identified as Hans Ulrich was attacked as he was in his home in Batticaloa on Monday night.
25 Oct 2004 Colombo LTTE terrorists murdered one Tamil man, and three others were seriously injured in the general area of WELLAWATTE, COLOMBO-6 on 25 October 2004 around 9.15 p.m. when an unidentified group of LTTE men from WANNI faction fired at them for reasons best known only to the assassins.
8 Oct 2004 WELIKANDA Six LTTE armed men abducted and killed a civilian in the general area of SEVANAPITIYA on Wednesday (6) night, initial Police reports confirmed.
The victim' bullet-riddled body was found abandoned on the banks of a rural tank. The 37-year old victim, DHARMALINGAM SATHYALINGAM's house at No.114 of MUTUGALA,SEVANAPITIYA was stormed by those six armed men at about 9.00 p.m. before he was taken away and murdered.
5 Oct 2004 Welikanda LTTE terrorists murder two Muslim civilians who were returning after prayers yesterday evening in Welikanda.
Police said the victims have been identified as 45 year old M.S. Mohomadu and 42-year-old U. Kudduth. They were shot and killed at point-blank range, allegedly by LTTE cadres who arrived on a motorbike.
One of the victims was a school teacher and the other was a farmer.
28 June 2004 Vavuniya Continuing its killing of members of rival political parties, the LTTE pistol group shot and killed an ex-PLOTE member last night at Pattakulam in Vavuniya.
The victim has been identified as K. Devaraja (49), the father of two children. While riding home on a bicycle, two gunmen arrived and shot the victim, killing him on the spot.
Upto
11 Nov 2003
from
Feb 2002
Eastern Sri Lanka
Muslim Civilians Killed by the LTTE After the Signing of the MoU 27th June 2002, Valaichenai
1) Hyath Mohamed Januudeen (26)
2) Hyath Mohamed Janushdeen (20)
The two brothers above were abducted and killed by the LTTE from a Tamil wedding in Petthalai, where they had been invited to cook.
3) Shahabdeen (37),
4) Saleem (15),
5) Anwer (20),
6) Hajamohideen (39) and
7) Mubarak
The five above were killed when the LTTE threw grenades and attacked a crowd guarding the Valaichenai Mosque on the same day.
8) H.M.Kaleel Rajman (22)
9) P.M. Ajwath (25)
The two above were returning to Valaichenai and are missing since being abducted in Kiran by an LTTE party under Jim Kelly Thattha.
10) N.M.Abusally (35)
11) H.M.Mohamed Usan (44)
12) M.A.Hyath Mohamed (42)
The three above went fishing in the Vahaneri reservoir are missing after being abducted by the LTTE on 27th June 2002.
13) Mubarak was killed when the LTTE opened fire and threw grenades at worshippers at Oddaimavady Mosque on 28th June 2002
14) A.T.M. Hussain (68) alias Kalanthar,
a Muslim auto-driver in Valaichenai, who was popular with Tamils among whom he had a large customer base, was murdered in the early hours of 5th January 2003
while at work. At this time the LTTE was threatening Tamils not to do business with Muslims.
15) Mahboobal Nayeem (28)
16.) Razak Jabir (25)
The two above were abducted by the LTTE when they went by boat from Mutur on the morning of 31st March 2003 to trade off the LTTE-controlled coast off Kadatkarichenai to the east. The two are believed to have been killed - the context behind tensions in Mutur (see forthcoming Bulletin).
On 15th April, M.M. Kiyathumma (48), the
mother of Nayeem, committed suicide by swallowing poison.
17) 17th April 2003: Nilabdeen (50) died of gunshot injuries in the Palath-Thoppur area after being fired upon by the LTTE.
18) 21st April 2003: Mohamed Rabsali (41) of Iqbal Nagar, was shot dead by the LTTE reportedly while bathing in a tank.
19) 22nd April 2003: Meera Lebbe (50)
A resident of Selvanagar in the Mutur area, was shot dead by the LTTE. His daughter Lafir Sashila who was with him survived with injuries
5 July 2003 Batticaloa
LTTE terrorists killed another rival in the eastern Batticaloa area during the weekend. They shot and killed Mr. Mahamad Seyyadu, a political leader of the PLOTE organisation and wounded his wife.
14 June 2003 Jaffna
Leader of the EPRLF political party, Thambirajah Subathiran was murdered in the city of Jaffna by an LTTE sniper. Mr. Subathiran has been critical of the way LTTE have been harrasing the tamil population in Jaffna.
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Mr. Subathiran, Murdered by LTTE on 14 June.
03 May 2003 Jaffna
Another EPDP Pradeshiya Sabha member was killed in Jaffna by LTTE on 3 May 2003. The former EPDP chairman of the Karaveddy Pradeshiya Sabha was shot dead yesterday evening by the LTTE pistol group, another violation of the current 'cease-fire'.
22 Apr 2003 Trincomalee
The LTTE shot dead a woman and a man near the Selvanagar, Serunuwara in the Trincomalee district.
The victims were identified as Lafir Shashila (24) and Meera Lebbe.
The attackers have slashed the neck of the man and taken away the head, The Serunuwara police said. On 20 Apr LTTE shot dead a Muslim man who had come to bathe in a lake in this area, police said.
20 Jan 2002 Batticaloa
In Batticaloa, a fisherman identified as Vithyanathan, who was abducted by the LTTE on January 16, was found dead today. He is said to be a former member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and was murdered apparently for keeping links with the security forces.
14 Dec 2001 Vavuniya
LTTE Terrorists shot dead an off duty Tamil Policeman Inside his home. The terrorist armed with an automatic weapon shot dead the policeman while he was at his home in Vavuniya town watching television yesterday around 7.40 PM. The policeman attached to the Vavuniya Police Station is the father of five children. Earlier the policeman had been threatened by LTTE rebels asking him to leave the service but he resisted.
1 Dec 2001 Batticaloa
LTTE terrorists killed the abducted Gramasevaka of Kudumbamalai and a youth at midnight Saturday at Santhiveli, north of Batticaloa. The two bodies of deceased were found tied to lampposts with chains on two byroads leading to the Batticaloa beach. They had suffered head injuries. The Gramasevaka had been abducted by LTTE terrorists along with a contractor on 04 October, 2001.
27 Nov 2001 Trincomalee
The LTTE killed two civilians and injured two others in in Eastern Province. LTTE terrorists fired 81 mm mortars towards the Army detachment in the general area of Kattaparichchan, south of Trincomalee, killing one woman and injuring another on 27 November.
18 Nov 2001 Batticaloa
LTTE Gunmen shot dead a Sri Lankan opposition candidate campaigning for the country's parliamentary elections next month. Police said Thambiraja Jeyakumar, a United National Party candidate, was shot dead while driving to a campaign event in eastern Batticaloa District by members of the LTTE terrorist gang.
30 Oct 2001 Muttur, Trincomalee
A six-year-old girl was killed and six civilians were injured when LTTE terrorists threw four hand grenades at a civilian's house in a village in Muttur, Trincomalee District.
29 Oct 2001 Colombo
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up in close proximity to a meeting of the acting head of state and Premier Ratnasiri Wickremanayake at Narahenpita, Colombo.
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The terrorist exploded the bomb after raising suspicion and being questioned by police, killing a policeman and a civilian. 17 people were wounded, five of them critically. Death toll is expected to rise.
29 Oct 2001 Polonnaruwa
Two fishermen who make their living by catching fish in the Maduru Oya tank in Polonnaruwa district were shot and killed by LTTE terrorists while they were fishing this morning. The terrorists arrived at Kandegamuwa village in Maduru Oya, Polonnaruwa, from across the jungles before they fired at the fishermen indiscriminately.
7 Sep 2001 Mahindapura, Trincomalee district
A group of about 140 bus passengers were indiscriminately fired upon by LTTE terrorists killing four of them. These passengers, using their one and only bus service available on the Kantalai - Verugal road, were on their way to a religious ceremony at Sri Kandaswami Hindu Kovil in Kadiraveli.
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Deceased civilians
24 Sep 2001 Jaffna
Six members of a Tamil family, all civlians were killed by the LTTE terrorists using a land-mine explosion near Jaffna. The terrorists exploded the landmine as the family were travelling in a three-wheel taxi to the airport, bound for Colombo to escape the LTTE terror.
30 Aug 2001 Kalmunai, Ampara.
A civilian and two police officers were killed by a bomb planted by LTTE today around 8.10 AM at Kalmunai, Ampara district. The civilian was a labourer attached to the Kalmunai Divisional Secretariat, who was injured and later succumbed to his injuries.
11 Aug 2001 Polonnaruwa
LTTE shot dead two civilians in the eastern district of Polonnaruwa. The civilians are believed to have been shot in revenge for recent air attacks by the government on terrorist training camps. The civilians were shot as they were returning from a night watch in their farms.
6 June 2001 Vavniya
Two Tamil youths were shot dead by members of the LTTE s pistol gang in Vavuniya early this morning. The shootings took place in two separate incidents, in the areas of Veppamkulam Urmilathottam and Rasendrakulam at 2AM and 8 AM today.
3 Mar 2001 Welioya
LTTE terrorists abducts and kills four farmers. The Killings took place when the terrorists abducted a group of six farmers in Welioya near Trincomalee. One farmer was killed immediately and the other three were killed by the terrorists later and the bodies were discovered by an army search party. The killings took place while the LTTE was supposedly observing a 'unilateral cease-fire'. The dead farmers were later identified as P. Dharmadasa, W. Premachandra, U. Tikiri Banda and B. Raipal.
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One of the dead farmers lie in a coffin
12 Jan 2001 Jaffna An LTTE terrorist throws a hand granade in a crowded market in Jaffna, killing three Tamil civilians. The intended target of the terrorist is unclear.
19 Oct 2000 Colombo An LTTE suicide bomber blew himself up killing 5 people and and wounded 23 people, including three American women, shortly before Sri Lanka s president installed her new cabinet in Colombo. The U.S. Embassy confirmed three Americans were injured. The bomber triggered explosives wrapped on his body after a police patrol challenged him near Town Hall about a mile from President Chandrika Kumaratunga residence.
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10 Sep 2000 Batticaloa LTTE Terrorists Kill Two Parliamentary Candidates Ahead of Elections. The victims were named as Chellian Perimpanayagam, a former mayor of Batticaloa town and S Manoharpillai also a PA party memeber.
14 June 2000 Wattla
Colombo A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed himself and two others on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Wednesday but failed to hit his target, a crowded air force bus. The attacker was knocked down by a cyclist as he tried to jump in front of the military bus, police said.
8 June 2000 Batticaloa and
Trincomalee A prominent TELO member of Arayampathi, Batticaloa was shot dead by LTTE terrorists yesterday morning near the Education Department office.
In Trincomalee on 6 June around 9 PM, Marimuthu Manikkarasa age 33, was forcibly taken out of his residence at Killiweddi, Mutur and killed by the LTTE for refusing to join the organisation.
7 June 2000 Rathmalana LTTE terrorists explodes a suidide bomb in Rathmalana, killing the 65 year old Industry Minister C. V. Gooneratne, as he collected money for soldiers. Twenty two other civilians were also killled in the attack.. His wife was critically injured.
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Site of the Bomb Attack
17 May 2000 Batticaloa A powerful bomb exploded by LTTE terrorists ripped through a Buddhist feast in eastern Sri Lanka killing 29 people, including 6 children, and wounded 80. The explosion occurred near a temple in Batticaloa on Wednesday where people were witnessing an illuminated coloured structure to mark the Buddhist feast of Wesak, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar.
15 May 2000 Jaffna Anther Tamil lawmaker was gunned down Monday night by Tamil Tiger terrorists. Police said an LTTE terrorist shot dead Santhanam Kandeepan, a member of the Jaffna municipal council, in the peninsula's Arasadi area, while he was standing outside his house
15 May 2000 Jaffna LTTE terrorists kill six civilians in random shelling of densely populated areas around Jaffna due to the frustration of not being able to dislodge the government troops defending Jaffnaa.
10 Mar 2000 Colombo LTTE Terrorists attacked civilians, exploding bombs and firing rockets during the Colombo evening rush hour. Twenty civilians and four police officers were killed and 64 others were wounded on a busy street in Colombo. The terrorists missed their target, a motorcade of Cabinet ministers.
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