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Since the Colombo World Trade Centre was inaugurated a few days before, it was suspected to be the main target of the LTTE. [2] Damage to the hotel and nearby buildings, including the Hilton Hotel and the World Trade Centre, was heavy but not structurally catastrophic. The bomb crater was 6.1 m (20 ft) wide and 3.7 m (12 ft) deep.
Colombo Central Bank bombing: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo: 91: LTTE: A truck containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The blast killed at least 91 people and injured 1,400 others. [46] [47] 24 July 1996 1996 Dehiwala train bombing: Dehiwala, Colombo: 64: LTTE
January 2: Colombo: A bomb attack outside the Nipon Hotel in the Slave Island district, aimed at a Sri Lankan Army bus, killed at least four people, including a soldier and three civilians, and injured 28 others, Sri Lankan defense and hospital officials said. The Defense Ministry blamed the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for the attack.
Nagerkovil school bombing - 34-71 civilians lost their lives on 22 September 1995. Tamil sources blamed the Sri Lanka Air Force, which denied responsibility. Madhu school bus bombing - On 29 January 2008, a claymore mine struck a school bus, claiming 17 lives, including 11 schoolchildren in an LTTE-controlled area. The LTTE blamed the Sri Lanka ...
Buttala bus bomb: 16 January 2008: Buttala, Monaragala District: 28 [41] 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing: 25 April 2008: Piliyandala, Colombo: 26 [42] 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing: 6 June 2008: Katubedda, Moratuwa: 23 [43] Assassination of C. V. Gunaratne: 8 June 2000: Ratmalana, Colombo District: 22 [44] [45] Air Lanka Flight 512: 3 May 1986
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]
Galadari Hotels (Lanka) was incorporated in 1980 [2] and the hotel opened in 1984, managed by Meridien Hotels as the Galadari Meridien Colombo. Marriott Hotels & Resorts assumed management in 1992 and the hotel was renamed the Colombo Marriott Hotel. [3] On 8 April 1994, a bomb planted in the men's restroom of the Colombo Marriott exploded.
After months of reconnaissance by LTTE intelligence wing, the LTTE carried out a raid on the 12 April 1996, when the country was celebrating the Sinhalese New Year.The night before, the 7:40 pm the Command Operations Room of the Western Naval Area of SLNS Ranagala received an anonymous call stating that a merchant ship outside the Colombo harbour was being boarded by sea pirates.