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No.
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Date
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Description
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1
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January 23
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The Intelligence Division of
Fort Police arrests a woman, suspected to be a member of the
LTTE
suicide bomb squad, near the Fort Railway Station in Colombo.
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2
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June 14
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Air Force authorities detain
the LTTE delegation that went to Oslo at the Colombo airport
as undeclared items were found in their possession.
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3
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June 17
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Five cadres of the LTTE Sea
Tigers are arrested from the outskirts of Colombo following
a tip-off by civilians when they were planning to attack naval
patrol craft with "magnetic sea mines."
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4
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June 26
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A suicide bomber kills the SLA
Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Parami Kulathunge, the
third highest appointment in the SLA, and three others at Pannipitiya,
a suburb of capital Colombo.
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5
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July 24
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An activist of the EPDP, identified
as Kanapathipillai, is shot dead by unidentified assailants
in the Wellawatta area of Colombo district.
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6
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August 12
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Kethesh Logananathan, Deputy
Secretary-General of the Government's SCOPP and former EPRLF
member, is shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Vandervet place
in the Dehiwela area of Colombo District.
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7
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August 14
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At least seven persons, including
four soldiers of the SLA, are killed and 17 others sustain injuries
in a suicide attack carried out by the LTTE targeting the Pakistan
High Commissioner Bashir Wali Mohammad in Colombo.
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8
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September 2
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A civilian, who was shot at
and injured by an unidentified assailant at Chithra Lane in
Colombo, succumbs to his injuries later.
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9
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October 24
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The Sri Lanka Navy issuing a
special announcement totally bans all dinghies and other small
boats in the sea along the coastal zone from Wellawatta, south
of Colombo to Uswetakeyiyawa, north of Colombo.
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10
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November 10
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Unidentified assailants shot
dead the Jaffna District TNA parliamentarian, Nadarajah Raviraj,
and his personal security officer near his home at Borella in
Colombo. TNA is regarded to be a proxy party of the LTTE.
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11
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November 27
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Sri Lankan Naval troops destroy
a LTTE trawler engaged in smuggling weapons and ammunition and
claim to have killed six of its cadres on board at Negombo in
the Colombo District.
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12
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December 1
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A suicide attack by the LTTE
targeting the Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the brother
of President Mahinda Rajapakse, at Dharmapala Mawatha in Colombo
injures seven army personnel and seven civilians. Two of the
wounded army personnel subsequently succumbed to their injuries.
The suicide bomber rammed his three-wheeler into the convoy
of the Defence Secretary. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who was en route
to the Presidential Palace for an official meeting, escaped
unhurt. The headless body of an unidentified person, believed
to be the suicide bomber, is recovered from the incident site.
At least eight vehicles, including that of the Defence Secretary,
are damaged in the attack.
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