{"id":50713,"date":"2016-01-04T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=50713"},"modified":"2016-01-03T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:29:22","slug":"terrrorism-from-kebetigollewa-village-to-bataclan-theatre-in-paris-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/01\/04\/terrrorism-from-kebetigollewa-village-to-bataclan-theatre-in-paris-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrrorism from Kebetigollewa Village \u00a0to Bataclan Theatre\u00a0 in Paris, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Charles .S.Perera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Paris never sleeps.\u00a0 At any time in the day or night you could find a good restaurant perhaps already full and noisy where you could get a fine meal.\u00a0 The French like to enjoy their meals , with a\u00a0 good bottle of vintage red wine. After a glass or two of it the tongues begin to wag, they laugh over pleasantries , jokes, and banal friendly chatter .<\/p>\n

They take their meals slowly savouring each mouthful of delicious French dishes \u00a0stopping now and then in between\u00a0 talk and laughter, to wash down the food with a mouthful of wine rolled in the mouth to warm it before \u00a0it is sent slowly down the gorge. The French enjoy eating their meals slow and long as they say they make love.<\/p>\n

Friday evening is the beginning of a long week end, and they make much of it after a week of metro and boulot\u201d meaning\u00a0 transport and\u00a0 work\u00a0 which is tiring and stressful. They like to \u00a0dine out and go looking for\u00a0 a dance hall to dance late into the \u00a0night .\u00a0 One can select an appropriate dance hall to dance a romantic slow, swirl to a French waltz, or swing to a tango.\u00a0 Leaving that to the older the young go for disco, rock and roll \u00a0and watch and dance to the noisy tunes of\u00a0 band music.<\/p>\n

It was an American Band Eagles of Death Metal\u201d that had been invited to play at the Bataclan Theatre on the night of the 13 November, 2015.\u00a0 1500 fun seeking young French couples and singles happy and noisy \u00a0determined to enjoy the night, \u00a0packed into \u00a0the Theatre that festive\u00a0 Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Eagles of Death Metal\u201d had tuned their guitars and the drums were beating, the crowd of dancers cheered\u00a0 the\u00a0 vocalist Jesse Hughes as he sang unrecognisable words\u00a0 into\u00a0 the din of the \u00a0\u00a0noisy musical instruments.\u00a0 But that is how the French fans liked it.\u00a0 There was no reason to suspect any thing and the 1500 revellers\u00a0 had abandoned themselves into a\u00a0 frenetic dancing mood.<\/p>\n

At 21 hours 55 into the night when music was loud and enjoyment of\u00a0 the revellers, were at its peak, a van stopped just outside the Bataclan Theatre in Boulevard Voltaire in the 11 arrondisement of Paris, from the van descended three men strangely clad in black. They were armed with assault rifles. \u00a0\u00a0They entered the hall of the Theatre unnoticed, climbed the stairs and took position on the mezzanine.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0 called out loud and clear over the din of\u00a0 the musical show Allahu Akbar\u201d- the name of their God-in whose beloved name they commit all atrocious crimes and opened fire at the packed crowd of dancers in the dancing hall below, reloading and emptying the guns three or four times, while throwing hand grenades in between. The dancers first taken by surprise and then by fear stampeded out into the streets through emergency exits, or took cover in\u00a0 toilets and office rooms, crying and screaming falling over one another they scrambled seeking escape roots in\u00a0 utter confusion, while others lay still on the floor pretending to be dead.<\/p>\n

The shooting lasted 20 minutes. There were\u00a0 coordinated attacks taking place in six different locations within the city- in a football stadium ,cafes and restaurants.\u00a0 In all the attack which was described as the deadliest in France after world war II, \u00a0took a toll of 120 killed and 200 people injured. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant claimed responsibility. Saying it was in retaliation to\u00a0 French Air strikes on ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

The whole of\u00a0 France taken by fear and shock rose to mourn the death of\u00a0 those innocent French youth massacred inside Bataclan and elsewhere. They came in hundreds with flowers and\u00a0\u00a0 candles to the Statue of the Republic which became a temple to commemorate the untimely massacre of their beloved children.\u00a0 The Nations from USA, Canada, Australia rose in shocked surprise to mourn with \u00a0France,\u00a0 singing\u00a0 the French National Anthem to show their solidarity with France. In grief.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph reported , The French capital has been subjected to a terrorist attack leaving 129 dead and 352 injured after Kalashnikov shootings, grenade and suicide strikes. In the wake of the attack, there has been an outpouring of reaction across social media as people offer their support and show solidarity with France.\u201d People on Facebook have been putting a tricolour filter on their profile pictures to support Paris.<\/strong>The social media platform is awash with blue, white and red as people all over the world support Paris. ”<\/p>\n

In June 2006, 68\u00a0 innocent villagers\u00a0 from Kebithigollewa a village in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka,\u00a0\u00a0 amoung\u00a0 them 15 school children, \u00a0several pregnant women going to the hospital, and others going to work were massacred by\u00a0 two claymore bombs set in the bus by LTTE terrorists in Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/p>\n

America issued a statement carefully worded without accusing and condemning the terrorists.<\/p>\n

The United States condemns today’s terrorist attack on a bus in Sri Lanka that killed 60 civilians, including at least 15 children. This vicious attack bears all the hallmarks of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is a clear violation of the Ceasefire Agreement that the Tamil Tigers claim to uphold. The United States calls for an end to the violence that is causing so much suffering for the people of Sri Lanka and resumption of negotiations to bring peace to the country. The Tamil Tigers must renounce terror and enter into direct negotiations with the Sri Lankan government.”<\/p>\n

However for the Kebithigollewa massacre there was no solidarity shown by the American , Canadian, or European nations.\u00a0 They did not gather to sing our National Anthem ( which unfortunately Sri Lanka has\u00a0 mutilated in the name of a reconciliation since Sirisena became the President), nor did they hoist our National flag in their cities as a mark of solidarity with Sri Lanka shocked and in grief that day with 68 of their beloved\u00a0 innocent people massacred by ruthless terrorists.<\/p>\n

The French media has gone agog with the 13 November, 2015 massacre at Bataclan Theatre, discussing what would happen next and how to put a stop to ISIS activities in France and Europe.\u00a0 They never questioned how it is that ISIS has become a formidable terrorist forces, and who was responsible to have allowed it to happen<\/p>\n

It all began \u00a0when without a consensus in the UN Security Council, \u00a0and when \u00a0\u00a0France then under President Jacque Chirac, vehemently protested against military intervention in Iraq, George Bush decided unilaterally to step over UN Security Council to declare war against Iraq brandishing a false document prepared by Tony Blaire the Prime Minister of UK that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. USA\u00a0 State Department never learnt lessons.<\/p>\n

USA with its Monroe Doctrine and the theory of manifest destiny wants to control and spread its influence through out the world. USA is a self centred\u00a0 sytem alien to the world outside. USA has never, with its economic power and\u00a0 world leadership role, helped any country to develop and assert their\u00a0 economic and political independence.<\/p>\n

USA even after\u00a0 its mistaken\u00a0 role of the\u00a0 saviour of the world from Iraq, \u00a0did not stop from interfering\u00a0 into other \u00a0countries to stop them decide their own political destinies, and intervened instead to destroy and change regimes\u00a0 to have\u00a0 American friendly governments. ISIS is therefore the making of the USA in its short sighted political actions, commenced by its unilateral declaration of war against Iraq.<\/p>\n

Idea of ISIS grew in the mind of a Jordanian street thug Abu Musab al-Zarqawi when he was in Afghanistan. From there he fled to Iraq . There his presence was not of any significant value. He was abiding time. The USA\u00a0 created the necessary chaos in Iraq for al-Zarkawi, after USA armed forces left Iraq in 2003 to form his own Party Jama\u2019at al-Tawhid w\u2019al Jihad( Party of monotheism and Jihad,) the fore runner to ISIS.<\/p>\n

Syria was also being mutilated as a country by USA through its interference, as it was with Libya where \u00a0USA assisted \u00a0rebellious protesters\u00a0 fight against Libyan Army;.\u00a0 In the same way USA was assisting the armed protesters in Syria\u00a0 helping them open war fronts against President\u00a0 Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n

Abu Bakral-Baghdadi hardened fighter who set\u00a0 up his Jihadist party became a force to be taken note of in Syria. The young Muslim youth\u00a0 where ever they are in the world has taken note of Baghdadi\u2019s call for them to pledge\u00a0\u00a0 allegiance to the Caliphate and support its agenda.\u00a0 Its key tenant is\u00a0 the offensive Jihad \u2013the forcible expansion\u00a0 into countries\u00a0 that are ruled by non-Muslims.\u00a0 The waging of war to expand the Caliphate is an essential duty of the young Muslims.<\/p>\n

In 2006, however, the USA killed Abu Musab by bombarding his location. Next, in 2011, the US killed Osama bin Laden. These were critical victories for the US and the rest of the world. Unfortunately, these victories were short lived. The radical ideas of Osama and Musab did not die. Abu Musab, like Osama, inspired a whole bunch of kids to fight against the West. These kids grew up to lead the ISIS and are currently fighting to achieve the grand vision of Musab. The recent Paris attacks were part of those efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>(https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-did-ISIS-form-When-and-where-did-ISIS-begin<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Every terrorist death in France and Europe is a result of the unwise expansionist American role, now taken hold of by President Obama and his State Secretary John Kerry.\u00a0 They are \u00a0setting the world on fire.<\/p>\n

It is time that USA learn from these disasters to which it is directly or indirectly connected and adopt a positive role in the world.\u00a0 That role should not be in terms of the Monroe Doctrine nor the concept of manifest destiny.\u00a0 USA<\/strong> should learn from China and Russia to help other nations to develop and assert themselves as independent Sovereign States.\u00a0 The problems within countries should be left for the countries to settle finding their own solutions without foreign interference.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The greatest mistake USA did and continue to do is not recognising terrorists as terrorists. Obama, John, Kerry and Hilary Clinton categorised terrorists.\u00a0\u00a0 They recognised those who attack USA or its Western allies as terrorists and other terrorists in developing countries as rebels or freedom fighters.<\/p>\n

In America there were two terrorist attacks, in Paris too ,there were two.\u00a0 But when the ISIS terrorists carried out an attack on the 13 November, 2015 the USA and the Western Nations rose to show their solidarity.\u00a0 But in Sri Lanka there were hundreds \u00a0of terrorist attacks in which men ,women and children were savagely brutalised and massacred , but none of\u00a0 the countries of the West including USA rose against those attacks and stood in solidarity with Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

But strangely USA and the West that rose like one in solidarity against one attack in France, got together to pass resolutions \u00a0against Sri Lanka at the UNHRCouncil in Geneva for elimination of the Terrorists in Sri Lanka and for ending thirty years of suffering and regular massacres of innocent people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the USA and the West continue their practice of ignoring terrorism in other countries concentrating only on changing regimes responsible for elimination of terrorism from their country, USA and West will only be inviting more terrorism in their own countries.<\/p>\n

Terrorism has become today the number one danger to human existence and the countries like USA and the West who have the means to fight terrorism should not become friends of terrorists elsewhere and treat them differently from terrorists attacking their own countries.<\/p>\n

USA and the West should give a hand to every country rich or poor \u00a0in the world to denounce and eliminate terrorism raising its head..\u00a0 Any group that takes up arms against an elected government in any country are terrorists and should be treated as such, and help any \u00a0government to eliminate terrorism in their soil.<\/p>\n

If USA and the West goes against any government of any country, and use any means to change the government elected by the people, USA and the West become no better than the terrorists who come to their countries and\u00a0 kill the innocent people- as it happened in Bataclan Theatre in Paris on the 13th November, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrorists who massacred 68\u00a0 men , women and children in Kebethigollewa in Sri Lanka \u00a0in June , 2006 and the Terrorits who killed 120 or more people in Bataclan Theatre in Paris are just terrorists.<\/p>\n

If any one tries to support\u00a0 those terrorists in Kebethigllewa in Sri Lanka and condemned those terrorists in Bataclan Theatre in Paris, France , one is forgetting that basic human factor, that\u00a0 those people in Kebithigollewa in Sri Lanka and those people in\u00a0 France belong to the same human family. The human condition such as colour, rich or poor, should not stand in the way of\u00a0 spreading once love from one human being to another, or show solidarity in grief without discrimination against one set of human beings, and another set of human beings.<\/p>\n

I give below a list of deaths by terrorists attack in Sri Lanka, and remind the readers that USA and the West did not show solidarity with Sri Lanka at any time, when Sri Lanka suffered\u00a0 from this savage, ruthless massacres.<\/p>\n

But USA and the West have risen together as one to condemn Sri Lanka Armed Forces\u00a0 that valiantly stood against terrorism in Sri Lanka and eliminated them in May,2009, and proposed a hybrid court of Justice to condemn our soldiers as war criminals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notable and deadliest attacks[edit<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attack<\/strong><\/td>\nDate<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath toll<\/strong><\/td>\nSources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers<\/a><\/td>\n11 June 1990<\/td>\nEastern Province<\/a><\/td>\n600-774<\/td>\n[4]<\/a>[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kattankudy mosque massacre<\/a><\/td>\n3 August 1990<\/td>\nKattankudy<\/a>,\u00a0Batticaloa District<\/a><\/td>\n147<\/td>\n[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anuradhapura massacre<\/a><\/td>\n14 May 1985<\/td>\nAnuradhapura<\/a>,\u00a0Anuradhapura District<\/a><\/td>\n146<\/td>\n[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habarana bus massacre<\/a><\/td>\n17 April 1987<\/td>\nHabarana<\/a>,\u00a0Anuradhapura District<\/a><\/td>\n127<\/td>\n[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres<\/a><\/td>\n16 October 1995<\/td>\nEastern Province<\/a><\/td>\n120<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Bus Station Bombing<\/a><\/td>\n21 April 1987<\/td>\nPettah,\u00a0Colombo<\/a>,\u00a0Colombo District<\/a><\/td>\n113<\/td>\n[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palliyagodella massacre<\/a><\/td>\n15 October 1991<\/td>\nPalliyagodella,\u00a0Polonnaruwa District<\/a><\/td>\n109<\/td>\n[8]<\/a>[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006 Digampathana bombing<\/a><\/td>\n16 October 2006<\/td>\nDigampathaha,\u00a0Matale District<\/a><\/td>\n92\u2013103<\/td>\n[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Bank bombing<\/a><\/td>\n31 January 1996<\/td>\nColombo<\/a>,\u00a0Colombo District<\/a><\/td>\n91<\/td>\n[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kebithigollewa massacre<\/a><\/td>\n15 June 2006<\/td>\nKebithigollewa,\u00a0Anuradhapura District<\/a><\/td>\n66<\/td>\n[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dehiwala train bombing (1996)<\/a><\/td>\n24 July 1996<\/td>\nDehiwala<\/a>,\u00a0Colombo District<\/a><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent and Dollar Farm massacres<\/a><\/td>\n30 November 1984<\/td>\nMullaitivu District<\/a><\/td>\n62<\/td>\n[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lionair Flight 602<\/a><\/td>\n29 September 1998<\/td>\noff the cost of\u00a0Mannar District<\/a><\/td>\n55<\/td>\n[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gonagala massacre<\/a><\/td>\n18 September 1999<\/td>\nGonagala<\/a>,\u00a0Ampara District<\/a><\/td>\n54<\/td>\n[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassination of\u00a0Gamini Dissanayake<\/a>\u00a0Ossie Abeyagoonasekera<\/a><\/td>\n24 October 1994<\/td>\nThotalanga, Colombo<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n[17]<\/a>[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kallarawa massacre<\/a><\/td>\n25 May 1995<\/td>\nKallarawa<\/a>,\u00a0Trincomalee District<\/a><\/td>\n42<\/td>\n[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aranthalawa Massacre<\/a><\/td>\n2 July 1987<\/td>\nAranthalawa,\u00a0Ampara District<\/a><\/td>\n35<\/td>\n[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassination of\u00a0C. V. Gunaratne<\/a><\/td>\n8 June 2000<\/td>\nRatmalana<\/a>,\u00a0Colombo District<\/a><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n[21]<\/a>[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Air Lanka Flight 512<\/a><\/td>\n3 May 1986<\/td>\nBandaranaike International Airport<\/a>,\u00a0Gampaha District<\/a><\/td>\n21<\/td>\n[23]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Havelock Road bombing<\/a>\/Assassination ofRanjan Wijeratne<\/a><\/td>\n2 March 1991<\/td>\nHavelock Road, Colombo<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack<\/a><\/td>\n25 January 1998<\/td>\nTemple of the Tooth<\/a>,\u00a0Kandy<\/a><\/td>\n17<\/td>\n[7]<\/a>[25]<\/a>[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi<\/a><\/td>\n21 May 1991<\/td>\nSriperumbudur<\/a>,\u00a0Chennai<\/a>, in\u00a0Tamil Nadu<\/a>,\u00a0India<\/a><\/td>\n15<\/td>\n[27]<\/a>[28]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassination of\u00a0Ranasinghe Premadasa<\/a><\/td>\n01 May 1993<\/td>\nArmour Street,\u00a0Colombo<\/a><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n[29]<\/a>[30]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kokilai massacre<\/a><\/td>\n1 December 1984<\/td>\nKokilai<\/a>,\u00a0Mullaitivu District<\/a><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gomarankadawala massacre<\/a><\/td>\n23 April 2006<\/td>\nGomarankadawala,\u00a0Trincomalee District<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n[31]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo<\/a><\/td>\n20 February 2009<\/td>\nColombo<\/a>,\u00a0Colombo District<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n[32]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Attacks by decade[edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n

Below are the deadiest attacks for each decade.<\/p>\n

1970s[edit<\/a>]<\/h3>\n

Main article:\u00a0<\/em>List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1970s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1979<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nAttack<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSinhalese<\/strong><\/td>\nTamils<\/strong><\/td>\nMuslims<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath toll<\/strong><\/td>\nSources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nS. 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.<\/td>\nJaffna District<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n5<\/td>\n[33]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPC Gnanasambandan, PC Sivanesan, Inspector Guruswamy, S. Swarnarajah and his wife are executed by the LTTE.<\/td>\nJaffna District<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n5<\/td>\n[33]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

1980s[edit<\/a>]<\/h3>\n

Main article:\u00a0<\/em>List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1985<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nAttack<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSinhalese<\/strong><\/td>\nTamils<\/strong><\/td>\nMuslims<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath toll<\/strong><\/td>\nSources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 May<\/td>\nAnuradhapura massacre<\/a><\/strong>: LTTE gunmen shoot dead 146 Sinhalese civilians and injure 85 others as they were praying at\u00a0Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi<\/a>, a sacred Buddhist shrine in\u00a0Anuradhapura<\/a>.<\/td>\nAnuradhapura<\/a>,Anuradhapura District<\/a><\/td>\n146<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n146<\/td>\n[34]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

1990s[edit<\/a>]<\/h3>\n

Main article:\u00a0<\/em>List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1990<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nAttack<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSinhalese<\/strong><\/td>\nTamils<\/strong><\/td>\nMuslims<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath toll<\/strong><\/td>\nSources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11 June<\/td>\n1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers<\/a><\/strong>: Over 600 unarmed police officers are shot dead by the LTTE in Police Stations across eastern Sri Lanka<\/td>\nEastern Province<\/a><\/td>\n600-774<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n600-774<\/td>\n[4]<\/a>[5]<\/a>[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2000s[edit<\/a>]<\/h3>\n

Main article:\u00a0<\/em>List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nAttack<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSinhalese<\/strong><\/td>\nTamils<\/strong><\/td>\nMuslims<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath toll<\/strong><\/td>\nSources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 October<\/td>\n2006 Digampathana bombing<\/a><\/strong>: A suicide bomber in a truck kills 103\u00a0Sri Lanka Navy<\/a>\u00a0sailors on buses going or returning from leave at a transit point and wounds over 150 other sailors. Several civilians may also have died.<\/td>\nDigampathana,North Central Province<\/a><\/td>\n103<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n103<\/td>\n[36]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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