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On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London.A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, fired 300 metres (330 yards) away from MI6 headquarters, struck the building on the south side of the eighth floor, causing superficial damage.
The name "ikman" comes from the Sinhala term "ඉක්මන්" meaning "fast", or "quick". [1] ikman.lk Launched in June 2013 and is owned by Swedish company Saltside Technologies. ikman.lk became the 6th most visited website in Sri Lanka after three months of operation. [2] The site was initially developed by technical teams based in Sweden ...
This is a list of aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA). List of aircraft alphabetically by manufacturer. A. AAI/IAI RQ-2 ...
March 2: Vavuniya: A roadside bomb exploded wounding four policemen and six civilians in a northern city of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Military blames the LTTE. [107] March 10: Colombo: A bomb hidden in a roadside flowerpot in Sri Lanka's capital Monday, killing one person and injuring six others, including four children who were on their way to ...
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa: 253 NTJ / ISIS [b] On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, a series of explosions occurred at three Christian churches and three hotels across Sri Lanka. Later that day, smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex and a motel, killing mainly police investigating the situation ...
With the escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War, the LTTE began planning and executing suicide attacks on key economic targets aimed at destabilizing the economy of Sri Lanka, these include the 1996 Attack on Colombo Harbour and Colombo Central Bank bombing. The SLAF was tasked with providing security for BIA.
2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings - A civilian bus and a military vehicle were bombed in two separate incidents on 16 January, resulting in a death toll of 32. The government blamed the LTTE. 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing - The bombing of a commuter bus on 25 April resulted in 26 dead and at least 64 injured. The LTTE was blamed.