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List of attacks attributed to the LTTE#1998

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The following is a list of chronological attacks against civilans and military attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers.{{cite news|first=Rohan |last=Gunaratna |title=Intelligence failures exposed by Tamil Tiger airport attack |date=2001-11-03 |url=http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |work=Jane's Information Group |access-date=2007-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303021604/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |archive-date=2007-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news | title=Consular Information Sheet – Sri Lanka | date=2007-04-11 | publisher=U.S. Department of State | url =https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1025.html | work =Bureau of Consular Affairs | access-date = 2007-04-27 }}{{cite news|author1=Audrey Kurth Cronin |author2=Huda Aden |author3=Adam Frost |author4=Benjamin Jones |name-list-style=amp | title=CRS Report for Congress, Foreign Terrorist Organizations | date=2004-02-06 | publisher=The Library of Congress | url =http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32223.pdf | work =Bureau of Consular Affairs | access-date = 2007-04-27 }} 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 33 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka 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{{ref|Note1|*}}

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1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers11 June 1990Eastern Province600–774 Police officers{{cite web|url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/6/67843.html |title=Recalling the saddest day in Lankan Police history |access-date=2011-06-12 |year=2011 |work=Lanka Newspapers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615103423/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/6/67843.html |archive-date=2011-06-15 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rivira.lk/2011/06/12/ranabima.htm|title=Killing of 774 policemen|access-date=2011-06-12|year=2011|work=Rivira|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061339/http://www.rivira.lk/2011/06/12/ranabima.htm|archive-date=2011-06-15|url-status=dead}}
Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)18 July 1996Northern Province1,498 officers and soldiers KIA or MIA (including unknown number of surrendered per the military, 50 police and 80 civilians){{cite book |last1=Hashim |first1=Ahmed |title=When Counterinsurgency Wins: Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers |date=2013 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0-8122-4452-6 |pages=104–105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFHEMaLZx6gC}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Department of State Sri Lanka Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996 |url=https://1997-2001.state.gov/global/human_rights/1996_hrp_report/srilanka.html#:~:text=In%20the%20July%20attack%20on,troops%20who%20attempted%20to%20surrender. |website=state.gov |publisher=US State Department |access-date=23 October 2023}}{{cite magazine |last1=Sivaram |first1=S. D. |title=Mullaitivu: A Shattering Blow War Strategy |magazine=Tamil Times |date=15 August 1996 |volume=XV |issue=8 |pages=11–12 |url=http://noolaham.net/project/36/3544/3544.pdf |location=Sutton, U.K. |issn=0266-4488 |access-date=3 September 2011}}[http://sundaytimes.lk/961013/sitrep.html Situation Report, By Iqbal Athas]{{cite news |last1=Borham |first1=Maneshka |title=Soldiers missing in action: Anguished families still knocking on doors |url=https://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2019/03/10/news-features/soldiers-missing-action-anguished-families-still-knocking-doors |access-date=2 July 2023 |publisher=Sunday Observer}}
1987 Eastern Province massacres29 September 1987 – 8 October 1987Eastern Province200+{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Barnett |title=Cycles of Violence: Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement |publisher=Human Rights Watch |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=b7F-dUh5_j8C&pg=PA52 |access-date=8 December 2018|isbn=9780938579434 |year=1987 }}
Kattankudy mosque massacre3 August 1990Kattankudy, Batticaloa District147

Xinhua, 147 Muslims Massacred by Tamil "Tigers" in Sri Lanka, Colombo, August 4, 1990

Anuradhapura massacre14 May 1985Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura District146

{{cite news | title=Timeline of the Tamil conflict | date=2000-09-04 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm | work =BBC News | access-date = 2007-05-16 }}

Habarana bus massacre17 April 1987Habarana, Anuradhapura District127[http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/6bdc202089eb97848025671a00590c8c?OpenDocument Letter sent by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the Centre for Human Rights], Government of Sri Lanka, 9 August 1994
October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres16 October 1995Eastern Province120
Eravur massacre11 August 1990Eravur, Batticaloa District116-173{{cite news |title=Tamils Suspected in Massacre |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/362647438 |agency=Reuter|access-date=23 February 2021 |publisher=India Abroad |date=17 August 1990|id={{ProQuest|362647438}} }}{{cite report|title=Human Rights in Sri Lanka: An Update|publisher = Asia Watch|date= 12 March 1991|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports//pdfs/s/srilanka/srilanka913.pdf|access-date=23 February 2021}}
Central Bus Station Bombing21 April 1987Pettah, Colombo, Colombo District113{{cite news |title=CHRONOLOGY-Major bombings in Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tigers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP55046/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |work=Reuters |date=6 October 2008}}
Palliyagodella massacre15 October 1991Palliyagodella, Polonnaruwa District109{{cite web |url=http://www.uthr.org/BP/volume1/Chapter6.htm |title=1987: THE BUBBLE BURSTS, Chapter 6. |access-date=2006-12-31 |work=UTHR(J) }}
2006 Digampathana bombing16 October 2006Digampathaha, Matale District99–103 soldiers{{cite news | title = Analysis: Sri Lanka military setbacks | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6045866.stm | work = BBC | date = 2006-10-16 | access-date = 2006-11-04 | first=Dumeetha | last=Luthra}}https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19928 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Central Bank bombing31 January 1996Colombo, Colombo District91
Alanchipothana massacre29 April 1992Alanchipothana, Polonnaruwa District69{{cite news| url= http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report11/chapter7.htm |title= Massacres In The Polonnaruwa District |year= 2006|publisher= UTHR(J) }}
Kurukkalmadam massacre13 July 1990Kurukkalmadam, Batticaloa District68-168{{cite web |title=Welcome to UTHRJ: Report 7, Chapter 2 |url=https://uthr.org/Reports/Report7/chapter2.htm#e |website=uthr.org}}{{cite web |title=FROM BURNING HOUSES TO BURNING BODIES |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASA3748632021ENGLISH.pdf |website=Amnesty}}{{cite report|title = Refugee Status Appeals Authority|url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/467907292.pdf|date = 19 April 2006}}
Kebithigollewa massacre15 June 2006Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District66{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5298470.stm |title=Military 'killed Lanka aid staff' |access-date=2006-08-30 |work=BBC News | date=August 30, 2006}}
Dehiwala train bombing (1996)24 July 1996Dehiwala, Colombo District64{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E7D71038F937A3575AC0A960958260|title=Tamil Arrested in Sri Lanka Train Bombing|work=The New York Times|date=1996-09-04}}
Kanthan Karunai massacre30 March 1987Jaffna, Jaffna District63{{cite web |url= http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/colonel-kittu-ruthless-long-forgotten-ltte-fighter-tamil-movie-wants-celebrate-46663

|title= Colonel Kittu, A long forgotten ruthless leader, a Tamil movie wants to celebrate|date=2016-08-17}}

Kent and Dollar Farm massacres30 November 1984Mullaitivu District62{{cite news | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/29/fea50.pdf | title=LTTE genocide at Kent and Dollar Farms | work=Daily News | date=29 May 2009 | access-date=21 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
JOC bombing21 June 1991Flower Road, Colombo60{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka Bomb Said to Kill Up to 60 (Published 1991) |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629110759/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/22/world/sri-lanka-bomb-said-to-kill-up-to-60.html |archive-date=2023-06-29 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/22/world/sri-lanka-bomb-said-to-kill-up-to-60.html}}
Lionair Flight 60229 September 1998off the coast of Mannar District55{{ASN accident|id=19980929-0|type=Criminal Occurrence|access-date=21 April 2012}}
Gonagala massacre18 September 1999Gonagala, Ampara District54{{cite news | url=http://sundaytimes.lk/990919/frontm.html | title=Pre-dawn horror in Ampara: 54 killed as LTTE unleashed terror on villagers | work=The Sunday Times | date=19 September 1999 | access-date=21 April 2012 | author=Kamalendra, Chris}}
Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake Ossie Abeyagoonasekera24 October 1994Thotalanga, Colombo52[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/25/world/latest-killing-of-a-sri-lanka-politician-fits-a-familiar-pattern.html Latest Killing of a Sri Lanka Politician Fits a Familiar Pattern], The New York Times[http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-15434-news-detail-gamini-dissanayake-the-last-of-men.html Gamini Dissanayake, the last of men] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626151455/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/71-15434-news-detail-gamini-dissanayake-the-last-of-men.html |date=2015-06-26 }}, Ceylon Today
Mahakongaskada massacre10 October 1988Medawachchiya, Anuradhapura District44{{cite web |title=Year 1988 LTTE Atrocities |url=http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1988 |website= |date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528015829/http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1988 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Kallarawa massacre25 May 1995Kallarawa, Trincomalee District42{{cite news | url=http://sundaytimes.lk/981004/news2.html | title=Lighting a candle in the storm | work=The Sunday Times | date=4 October 1998 | access-date=21 April 2012 | author=Kamalendran, Chris}}
Aranthalawa Massacre2 July 1987Aranthalawa, Ampara District35{{cite news | title=LTTE's gun culture continues | date=2007-06-03 | url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2007/06/03/main_Editorial.asp | work=The Sunday Observer | access-date=2007-06-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630174939/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/06/03/main_Editorial.asp | archive-date=2007-06-30 | url-status=live }}
Erakkandy massacre2 July 1997Erakkandy, Trincomalee District34{{cite web |title=Tides Of Violence |url=https://piac.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TIDES-OF-VIOLENCE-FINAL-3-PIAC.pdf}}{{cite web |title=Sri lanka Briefly |url=https://srilankabriefly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/War-Crimes-of-LTTE-1.pdf}}
Bogamuyaya massacre23 January 1991Bogamuyaya, Ampara District29{{cite web |title=WORLD : Rebels Slaughter 29 in Sri Lanka |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-23-mn-817-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=23 January 1991}}
Buttala bus bomb16 January 2008Buttala, Monaragala District28{{cite web |last1=correspondent |first1=Randeep Ramesh, South Asia |title=Tamil Tigers kill 28 with bus bomb |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/16/terrorism |website=The Guardian |language=en |date=16 January 2008}}
2008 Piliyandala bus bombing25 April 2008Piliyandala, Colombo26{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka fears more bombings as bus toll hits 26 {{!}} France 24 |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20080426-sri-lanka-fears-more-bombings-bus-toll-hits-26 |date=21 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521041148/http://www.france24.com/en/20080426-sri-lanka-fears-more-bombings-bus-toll-hits-26 |archive-date=21 May 2008 }}
2008 Moratuwa bus bombing6 June 2008Katubedda, Moratuwa23{{cite news |title=Deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka buses |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7439193.stm |date=6 June 2008}}
Assassination of C. V. Gunaratne8 June 2000Ratmalana, Colombo District22[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jun/08/srilanka Sri Lanka suicide bomber kills 22], The Guardian[http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/disciplined-and-respected-political-culture-soon-president Disciplined and respected political culture soon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628224334/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political%2Fdisciplined-and-respected-political-culture-soon-president |date=2015-06-28 }}, Daily News
Air Lanka Flight 5123 May 1986Bandaranaike International Airport, Gampaha District21

{{cite news | title = 1986: Bomb kills 21 in Sri Lanka | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3/newsid_2481000/2481291.stm | work = BBC | date = 3 May 1986 | access-date = 2008-04-30 }}

Havelock Road bombing/Assassination of Ranjan Wijeratne2 March 1991Havelock Road, Colombo19[https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-assassination-of-ranjan-wijeratne/ The Assassination Of Ranjan Wijeratne], Colombo Telegraph
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack25 January 1998Temple of the Tooth, Kandy17{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/50366.stm | title=Eleven die in Sri Lankan temple suicide bomb |work=BBC | date=25 January 1998 | access-date=8 April 2012}}{{cite news | url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_09/January2565223RA.html | title=Religious ceremonies to commemorate the LTTE attack on Temple of tooth in Sri Lanka | work=Colombo Page | date=25 January 2009 | access-date=11 April 2012 | location=Sri Lanka | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093342/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_09/January2565223RA.html | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite book | title=Sri Lanka: Current Issues and Historical Background | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Iudi2JJLaUAC | publisher=Nova Publishers | author=Nubin, Walter | year=2003 | location=New York | page=11 | isbn=978-1-59033-573-4}}
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi21 May 1991Sriperumbudur, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India15[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5122032.stm Tamil Tiger 'regret' over Gandhi], BBC[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/21/newsid_2504000/2504739.stm 1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi], BBC
1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing15 October 1997Colombo, Colombo District15[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/british-tourists-wounded-in-tamil-tiger-bomb-blast-1236155.html British tourists wounded in Tamil Tiger bomb blast]
2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs6 January 2007Hikkaduwa, Galle District15{{cite web |title=Gulfnews: Bus bomb kills 15 in southern Sri Lanka |url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html |website= |date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130937/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}
Akuressa suicide bombing10 March 2009Akuressa, Matara District14{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka 'suicide bomb kills 14' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7934095.stm |date=10 March 2009}}
Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa1 May 1993Armour Street, Colombo11{{cite news |title=Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka (Published 1993) |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409031717/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/world/suicide-bomber-kills-president-of-sri-lanka.html?pagewanted=1 |archive-date=2023-04-09 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/world/suicide-bomber-kills-president-of-sri-lanka.html?pagewanted=1 |last1=Gargan |first1=Edward A. }}[http://www.cfr.org/separatist-terrorism/liberation-tigers-tamil-eelam-aka-tamil-tigers-sri-lanka-separatists/p9242 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112457/http://www.cfr.org/separatist-terrorism/liberation-tigers-tamil-eelam-aka-tamil-tigers-sri-lanka-separatists/p9242 |date=26 June 2015 }}, Council on Foreign Relations
Fort railway station bombing3 February 2008Fort railway station, Colombo11{{cite web |title=Suicide Bomb Hits Sri Lankan Rail Station |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suicide-bomb-hits-sri-lankan-rail-station/ |website= CBS News|date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160619/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suicide-bomb-hits-sri-lankan-rail-station/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Kokilai massacre1 December 1984Kokilai, Mullaitivu District11
Gomarankadawala massacre23 April 2006Gomarankadawala, Trincomalee District6{{cite news | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060430/index.html | title=Gomarankadawala: "We need more security say villagers | work=The Sunday Times | date=30 April 2006 | access-date=21 April 2012 | author=Gunananda, A.T.M.}}
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo20 February 2009Colombo, Colombo District2 LTTE pilots{{cite news | publisher = The Australian | title = Kamikaze raid shows the Tamil Tigers have not been tamed | url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25091354-25837,00.html | date = 2009-09-22 | access-date = 2009-02-23 | first = Amanda | last = Hodge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090508100212/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25091354-25837,00.html | archive-date = 2009-05-08 | url-status = dead }}

= Notes =

: *.{{Note|Note1}}This is not the complete list, refer to the attacks by decades for a complete list of attacks

Attacks by decade

Below are the deadliest attacks from each decade.

=1970s=

{{Main article|List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1970s}}

;1979

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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{{cite book |last= Pathak |first= Saroj |title= War Or Peace in Sri Lanka |publisher=Popular Prakshan |date=January 2005 |isbn= 978-81-7991-199-0}}
PC Gnanasambandan, PC Sivanesan, Inspector Guruswamy, S. Swarnarajah and his wife are executed by the LTTE.Jaffna District55

=1980s=

{{Main article|List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s}}

;1985

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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

{{cite news |title=Timeline of the Tamil conflict |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm |work=BBC News |date=2000-09-04 |access-date=2007-12-15}}

=1990s=

{{Main article|List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s}}

;1990

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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 Province600–774

{{cite news|url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html |title=Sri Lanka Human Rights Practices, 1995 |work=US State Department |publisher=US State Department |date=March 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050320003919/http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html |archive-date=2005-03-20 }}

3 AugustKattankudy mosque massacre: 147 Muslim males were gunned down in two mosque during evening prayers by the LTTE.Kattankudy147147Xinhua, 147 Muslims Massacred by Tamil "Tigers" in Sri Lanka, Colombo, August 3, 1990
11 August1990 Eravur massacre: Dozens of Muslim villagers killed by the LTTE in Eravur.Eravur116-173116-173{{cite news |last1=Ahamath |first1=Anosh |title='Give Arms or Cyanide': Muslims beg for protection after massacre in Sri Lanka |url=http://proquest.com/docview/243520425?pq-origsite=primo |access-date=23 February 2021 |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=14 August 1990}}{{cite news|title=Rebels Reported to Kill 119 in Sri Lanka |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/13/world/rebels-reported-to-kill-119-in-sri-lanka.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |agency=Associated Press |work=The New York Times|date = 13 August 1990}}

=2000s=

{{Main article|List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s}}

;2006

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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 Province103103USA Today: [https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-17-sri-lanka_x.htm?csp=34 Fighter jets pound suspected rebel camp after suicide bombing kills 95 sailors], October 17, 2006

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}}

See also

References

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