1987 Suicide of Tamil Tigers

On 5 October 1987, 12 Tamil Tigers who were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy committed suicide. They were brought to Sri Lankan Army base in Palali with 5 other unrelated individuals. When Sri Lankan Army attempted to take them to Colombo for interrogation, the 12 committed suicide by swallowing cyanide capsules.

This incident happened two months after the Indian Peace Keeping Force arrived in the northeast of Sri Lanka under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

See also

References

"Kumarappa, Pulendran Eighteenth anniversary held in Jaffna". Tamilnet. 2005-10-05. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
"The Indo-LTTE War (1987-90) - An Anthology. Part1". Tamilnation. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2009-01-03.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Civilian	Padmanabha murder case Massacre of 600 Police officers Attack on Temple of the Tooth Aranthalawa Massacre Central Bank bombing Central Bus Station Bombing Dehiwala train bombing Gomarankadawala massacre Gonagala massacre Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi massacre Kebithigollewa massacre Kattankudi mosque massacre Kent and Dollar Farm massacres Kallarawa massacre Mahawilachchiya massacre Mahagodayaya massacre Palliyagodella massacre Suicide air raid
Military	Bandaranaike Airport attack Digampathana truck bombing Four Four Bravo
Assassinations	Rajiv Gandhi Ranasinghe Premadasa Lakshman Kadirgamar Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Gamini Dissanayake Ranjan Wijeratne

Phases	Eelam War I Indian intervention Eelam War II Eelam War III Eelam War IV
Battles	Vadamarachchi Operation Battle of Pooneryn First Battle of Elephant Pass Operation Riviresa Battle of Mullaitivu Operation Jayasikurui Second Battle of Elephant Pass Battle of Sampur Battle of Thoppigala Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu

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