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On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS -related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex in Dematagoda and a guest house in Dehiwala.
A roadside bomb blast targeted a crowded state-run commuter bus at about 7:35 AM. The government quickly placed blame upon the LTTE. 2008 Polgolla bus bombing Polgolla, Kandy District: 2 LTTE The Sri Lankan government blamed LTTE militants for a bomb explosion that occurred aboard a commuter bus, only a few hours after the attack in Moratuwa.
The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. A lorry containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a seaside high-rise which managed most of the financial business of the country. As gunmen traded fire with security guards, the suicide bomber in the ...
March 2: Havelock Road Bombing: At least 19 people, including Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne killed in an LTTE car bomb explosion in Colombo. A further 73 people injured. [7] March 24: Bogamuyaya, Akkaraipattu: Bomb explosion carried out by LTTE at Fish Market Akkaraipattu, killing nine Muslims and injuring 32 others. [5]
Easter Sunday bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed hundreds of people and wounded more than 400, officials say.
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack. / 7.29389°N 80.63861°E / 7.29389; 80.63861. The 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack was an attack on the Temple of the Tooth Relic, located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The shrine, which is considered to be important to the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, and is also a UNESCO ...
With its capital under curfew following devastating Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and upmarket hotels, Sri Lanka is filled with fear, horror and grief and tourists who have been flocking ...
High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka Gunathilake [ 3] On December 18, 1999, the 5th President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, was wounded in a coordinated bomb blast that was attempting to take her life. [ 2] Kumaratunga had been president for one-term, and was campaigning for her second term in office in the 1999 presidential ...