List of attacks attributed to the LTTE

The following is a list of chronological attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers.[1][2][3] The attacks include massacres, bombings, robberies, ethnic cleansing, military battles and assassinations of civilian and military targets. The LTTE is a separatist militant group that fought for a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka between 1976 and 2009. The rebel group has been banned by 30 countries, including the United States, Canada, India and the 27 member nations of the European Union.

In opposition to this list, there is also the List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces.

Notable and deadliest attacks
AttackDateLocationDeath tollSources
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers11 June 1990Eastern Province600–774[4][5]
Massacre of prisoners in Mulathivu Camp 199618 July 1996Eastern Province207[6]

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Kattankudy mosque massacre3 August 1990Kattankudy, Batticaloa District147[8]
Anuradhapura massacre14 May 1985Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura District146[9]
Habarana bus massacre17 April 1987Habarana, Anuradhapura District127[10]
October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres16 October 1995Eastern Province120
Central Bus Station Bombing21 April 1987Pettah, Colombo, Colombo District113[11]
Palliyagodella massacre15 October 1991Palliyagodella, Polonnaruwa District109[10][12]
2006 Digampathana bombing16 October 2006Digampathaha, Matale District92–103[13]
Central Bank bombing31 January 1996Colombo, Colombo District91[14]
Kebithigollewa massacre15 June 2006Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District66[15]
Dehiwala train bombing (1996)24 July 1996Dehiwala, Colombo District64[16]
Kent and Dollar Farm massacres30 November 1984Mullaitivu District62[17]
Lionair Flight 60229 September 1998off the coast of Mannar District55[18]
Gonagala massacre18 September 1999Gonagala, Ampara District54[19]
Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake Ossie Abeyagoonasekera24 October 1994Thotalanga, Colombo52[20][21]
Kallarawa massacre25 May 1995Kallarawa, Trincomalee District42[22]
Aranthalawa Massacre2 July 1987Aranthalawa, Ampara District35[23]
Assassination of C. V. Gunaratne8 June 2000Ratmalana, Colombo District22[24][25]
Air Lanka Flight 5123 May 1986Bandaranaike International Airport, Gampaha District21[26]
Havelock Road bombing/Assassination of Ranjan Wijeratne2 March 1991Havelock Road, Colombo19[27]
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack25 January 1998Temple of the Tooth, Kandy17[14][28][29]
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi21 May 1991Sriperumbudur, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India15[30][31]
Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa1 May 1993Armour Street, Colombo11[32][33]
Kokilai massacre1 December 1984Kokilai, Mullaitivu District11
Gomarankadawala massacre23 April 2006Gomarankadawala, Trincomalee District6[34]
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo20 February 2009Colombo, Colombo District2[35]

Attacks by decade

Below are the deadliest attacks from each decade.

1970s
Main article: List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1970s
1979
DateAttackLocationSinhaleseTamilsMuslimsDeath tollSources
S. A. Emmanuel of Chankanai, Thaadi Thangarajah of Kondavil, A. Krishnagol of Velvettiturai, T. Poopalasingham of Chunnakam and A. Sivarajah of Thondamannar are executed by the LTTE for providing evidence against them to the police.Jaffna District55[36]
PC Gnanasambandan, PC Sivanesan, Inspector Guruswamy, S. Swarnarajah and his wife are executed by the LTTE.Jaffna District55[36]

1980s
Main article: List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s
1985
DateAttackLocationSinhaleseTamilsMuslimsDeath tollSources
14 MayAnuradhapura massacre: LTTE gunmen shoot dead 146 Sinhalese civilians and injure 85 others as they were praying at Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred Buddhist shrine in Anuradhapura.Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura District146146[37]

1990s
Main article: List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s
1990
DateAttackLocationSinhaleseTamilsMuslimsDeath tollSources
11 June1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers: Over 600 unarmed police officers are shot dead by the LTTE in Police Stations across eastern Sri LankaEastern Province600–774600–774[4][5][38]

2000s
Main article: List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s
2006
DateAttackLocationSinhaleseTamilsMuslimsDeath tollSources
16 October2006 Digampathana bombing: A suicide bomber in a truck kills 103 Sri Lanka Navy sailors on buses going on, or returning from, leave at a transit point and wounds over 150 other sailors. Several civilians may also have died.Digampathana, North Central Province103103[39]

Attacks by type

Suicide bombings
Main article: Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka

Assassinations
Main article: List of people assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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