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The stone mosaic that stands at the location where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. [2] At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. [3]
Navaly church bombing - At least 125 civilians died when on 9 July 1995, the Sri Lanka Air Force struck the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly. 1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing - On 15 September, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a town under the control of the LLTE, killing at least 21. Padahuthurai bombing - On 2 January 2007, the Sri ...
The 2006 Digampathaha (දිගම්පතහ, திகம்பதஹ) truck bombing, also known as Habarana massacre, was a suicide truck bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam against a convoy of 15 military buses on 16 October 2006 at Digampathaha (Incorrectly reported as Digampathana), in between the towns of ...
Reaction. In a July 25, 1996, statement the U.S. State Department and EU 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.
March 2: Vavuniya: A roadside bomb exploded wounding four policemen and six civilians in a northern city of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Military blames the LTTE. March 10: Colombo: A bomb hidden in a roadside flowerpot in Sri Lanka's capital Monday, killing one person and injuring six others, including four children who were on their way to school ...
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The country comes under the province of Colombo and is made up of 12 dioceses including one archdiocese.
There's another article, 2019 Sri Lanka Easter church bombings that was started about three minutes before this one. I made a bunch of edits to it but just now found this one, and it seems to be further along.
The JOC bombing was a suicide car bomb on June 21, 1991, during rush hour in Flower Road outside the building housing the Joint Operations Command (JOC) of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The attack was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with 60 killed including 20 civilians and 85 ...