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Incident

The Dehiwala train bombing resulted in 64 civilian deaths and wounding 400 others. The attack was carried out by LTTE operatives placing suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train. "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. The simultaneous explosion of these bombs resulted in a large number of casualties. The technique of simultaneously exploding multiple bombs in several carriages was used for the first time in this attack. ^[1]

In a July 25, 1996 the U.S. State Department and E.U. condemned the bombing of the Dehiwela railway station in Colombo and called on the LTTE to renounce the use of terrorism, also in July, the Indian government extended its ban on LTTE as an unlawful association under section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in ^[2]

Related incidents

Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the

• Kebithigollewa massacre - 62 Sinhalese civilians died
• Gonagala massacre - 54 Sinhalese civilians died
• October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka Massacres - 120 Sinhalese civilians died
• Kallarawa massacre - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
• Anuradhapura massacre - 146 Sinhalese civilians died
• Palliyagodella massacre - 166 Muslim Civilians died
• Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
• Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died

See also

• Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE
• Notable attacks attributed to the LTTE

Further reading

• Gunaratna, Rohan. See also List of attacks attributed to the LTTE The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on June 15, 2006 when 60 people were killed as a result of The Gongala Massacre was a massacre that occurred on September 18, 1999, in the small village of Gonagala, located in the Ampara District of The October 1995 massacres were carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 33 countries including the US Australia EU India and Canada due The Kallarawa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 32 countries including the US Australia EU India and Canada due to The Anuradhapura massacre occurred in Sri Lanka in 1985 and was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Palliyagodella massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 33 countries including the US Australia EU India and Canada due The Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks carried out by the LTTE during the Separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres was one of the earliest massacres of Sinhalese civilians carried out by the LTTE during the Sri Lankan Civil War The following is a list of attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE commonly known as the Tamil Tigers The following is a list of attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE commonly known as the Tamil Tigers Rohan Gunaratna is an international Terrorism Expert. He is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR at Nanyang (1998). Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
• Gunaratna, Rohan. Rohan Gunaratna is an international Terrorism Expert. He is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR at Nanyang (October 1, 1987). Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island ISBN 955-8093-00-9
• Gunasekara, S. L. (November 04, 2003). Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1

References

External links

• Timeline of the Tamil conflict. BBC News (September 4, 2000).
• From Anuradhapura to Anuradhapura. The Hindu (January 17, 2006).
• Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order , Sri Lanka.
• janes.com

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