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The following lists notable events that took place during 2009 in Sri Lanka. The year 2009 was an eventful year for Sri Lanka, as it was the year of the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War , ending the nation's near 26-year long conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .
On 10 March 2009, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber caused an explosion at a religious parade near Godapitiya Jumma mosque in Akuressa, Matara in southern Sri Lanka, killing 14 and injuring 35 civilians.
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The Mullivaikkal massacre was the mass killing of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009 during the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which ended in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government had designated a no-fire zone in Mullivaikkal towards the end of the war.
With the Sri Lankan military on the verge of winning the war, the Tamil Tigers launched their first suicide air attack on the night of February 20, 2009. [13] Two aircraft took off from a narrow road in Puthukkudiyirippu in the Mullaithivu District, and were sighted by Sri Lanka Army personnel operating along the front lines around 8:30 pm.
On 17 May 2009 Marie Colvin received a call from Nadesan asking that she relay to the United Nations that, "they [The LTTE] would lay down their arms, they wanted a guarantee of safety from the U.S. or Great Britain, and an assurance the Sri Lankan Government would agree to a political process that would guarantee the rights of the Tamil minority".
The Sri Lanka Air Force had been attacking LTTE positions in and around Mullaitivu for several days before the government troops claimed to have entered it. [3] After the Battle of Kilinochchi (23 November 2008 – 2 January 2009), during which the Sri Lankan military captured the LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi , the Ministry of Defence had ...
Philippines – A Department of Foreign Affairs press release, dated 22 May 2009: "welcomes the return of law and order in northern Sri Lanka and supports the Government of Sri Lanka’s search for a comprehensive, fair, and lasting political solution to the problems faced by its Tamil minority. The Philippines hopes that a lasting political ...