No.
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Date
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Description
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1
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January 3
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A minor explosion occurred inside
a van number HD-8194 near the Red Mosque in the Petta area of
Colombo at around 4.55pm (SLST), wounding three civilians and
damaging two vehicles and a shop nearby. According to the report,
suspected LTTE militants
had placed a small improvised explosive device inside the van.
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2
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January 3
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Matale Police recovered three
claymore mines, two T-56 weapons and two-hundred rounds of ammunition
hidden in the Ratwatta Watta estate.
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3
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January 2
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A LTTE suicide bomber blew himself
up killing three persons, including two Airmen, and injuring 37
others at the entrance to the Air Force camp in Slave Island in
Colombo at around 5.15pm (SLST). An accomplice of the suicide
bomber has been arrested.
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4
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January 7
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A minor blast occurred along the
railway track at Mount Lavinia, a Colombo suburb. Police spokesman
Ranjith Gunasekara said the blast damaged the rail track slightly
but no injuries were reported.
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5
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January 8
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Editor of the Sunday Leader,
Lasantha Wickramatunga, was shot dead by unidentified assailants
on a motorcycle at Attidiya near Mt. Lavinia in Colombo. Wickramatunga
was driving to office when the assailants targeted him near the
Bakery junction in Attidiya.
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6 |
January 16 |
A minor explosion occurred in
a bare land at Alwis Town in Wattala, a Colombo suburb, Military
spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. No loss of life or
damage to property was reported. The Police later recovered another
unexploded bomb and a suicide kit from the incident site.
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7
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January 22
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Upali Tennekoon, Editor of Rivira,
and his wife were assaulted and stabbed by unidentified assailants
near Imbulgoda in Colombo, 200 metres away from his residence,
when he was driving to work. Rivira has a political orientation
sympathetic to the Government and is supportive of the Security
Forces action in Wanni.
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8
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January 22
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A prominent LTTE supporter, Prakash
Shakthi Velupillai, who was posing as a journalist, was arrested
at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo while attempting
to fly to Singapore. Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said initial
investigation revealed that Prakash is a hardcore LTTE supporter.
He claimed the journalist was attached to the International Federation
of Journalists which had its office in Colombo 7, and was headed
by a prominent journalist.
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9
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January 23
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Police arrested a LTTE militant
who was deported from Malaysia for overstaying at the Bandaranaike
International Airport (BIA) in Colombo. Senior Superintendent
of Police Ranjith Gunasekera said the Katunayake Police arrested
four suspects on information from a civilian in the BIA at around
12.15 pm (SLST). The four suspects, including two Sinhalese, a
Tamil and a Muslim, were deported from Malaysia.
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10
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January 29
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SFs recovered a suicide jacket in Dehiwala, a
suburb of Colombo. According to Police, the suicide jacket, weighing
four and half kilograms, was found in an abandoned land at Wasala
road in Dehiwala on information from a civilian.
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11 |
February 20 |
Two LTTE light aircrafts were shot down by the
Security Forces in Colombo and Katunayake following an attempt
by the outfit to bomb Colombo city. However, one of the aircrafts
managed to drop a bomb on the Inland Revenue Department injuring
at least 50 persons and destroying the building. Two of the wounded
persons reportedly succumbed to their injuries later.
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12 |
March 4
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The Sri Lanka Police arrested
three suspected LTTE militants, including two females, from a
house belonging to a foreigner who lives in Homagama, a suburb
of Colombo. The foreign national who gave the lodging facilities
for the three LTTE suspects is married to a woman from the Eastern
Province, sources said.
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13 |
March 23 |
The Colombo Crimes Division recovered 280 kilograms
of C4 high explosives and a large amount of weapons hidden by
the LTTE in the Mattakkuliya area to launch a major attack by
targeting Colombo city. According to Police, these high explosives
and weapons were hidden in a house in Church Road. The recoveries
included 280 kilograms of C4 high explosives, ten 4-millimeter
hand grenades, 28 bullets, 30 hand grenades, five detonators,
two remote controllers, 693 T-56 bullets and parts of some T-56
weapons. Police recovered these high explosives along with two
suspects following information given by a LTTE intelligence unit
leader who was arrested by the Colombo Terrorist Investigation
Department several days ago. The LTTE intelligence unit leader
has also reportedly disclosed information on a major attack planned
by the LTTE targeting Colombo.
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14 |
March 24 |
The Colombo Chief Magistrate Court ordered to
prevent eight directors of the LTTE front TRO from leaving the
country. While hearing the case charging TRO of raising funds
for the LTTE, the Chief Magistrate, Nishantha Hapuarachchi, also
issued arrest warrants against seven of the directors, who were
absent in the Court. These directors are presently believed to
be in the un-cleared areas (area not under Government control).
According to sources, two of them are said to be a 'lieutenant'
and a 'colonel' of the LTTE. Meanwhile, the Chief Magistrate released
Sinnaiah Ramalingam, the only director who appeared in the Court,
on a SLR 500,000 surety bail.
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15
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May 13
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The SFs recovered 18 powerful
claymore mines, 85 kilograms of high-powered explosives, two radio
sets and two pull switch from a garage premises on Lucas Mawatha
in Colombo.
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16
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May 14
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A 32-year-old LTTE suspect committed
suicide by jumping out of a seven storied building at 37th Lane
in the Wellawatte area of Colombo during a raid conducted by the
SFs. The suspect, Sathish Kumar, a resident of Jaffna, had been
living in Sunflower Court Wellawatte. Police recovered four suicide
jackets and a claymore bomb from the flat. According to Wellawatte
Police three other suspects who were arrested have been identified
as suicide bombers.
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17 |
May 20 |
Police found several explosives, including claymore
mines, from Athurugiriya area, a suburb of Colombo. Senior Superintended
of Police Ranjith Gunasekara said these explosives were recovered
on the basis of information obtained from a recently arrested
LTTE militant. Police recovered two claymore mines each weighing
2.5 kilograms and packed with C4 high explosives and two other
explosive devices.
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18 |
June 15
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The Terrorist Investigation Division
(TID) arrested a director of a leading pharmaceutical company
at Wellawatte near capital Colombo for having links with the LTTE,
and recovered a stock of medical items valued at around SNR 2.5
million which were prepared to be sent to the LTTE. Police spokesman
Ranjith Gunasekera said the stock of medical items meant for the
LTTE were recovered by the TID hidden inside a house in Perera
Avenue in Wellawatte. He noted that the suspect had
maintained close links with the LTTE including the outfit’s medical
wing chief Selvanayagam Kugarajan alias Manoj.
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19 |
June 20
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Police arrested three suspected
LTTE militants who had allegedly plotted to assassinate President
Mahinda Rajapakse. According to Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara,
two suspects were arrested near the Ayurveda Hospital in Rajagiriya
area and on information provided by them the third suspect was
arrested at Valachchenai area in the Eastern Province. The three
suspected LTTE cadres are aged between 15-16 years, the Police
said.
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20 |
July 20 |
The Sri Lanka Police arrested the chief of the
LTTE "Eelam Bank", Colin Ruban, in capital Colombo. Colombo Page
reported that Colin was arrested from a lodge on information revealed
by intelligence units. According to sources, he was a resident
of Puthukuddiyiruppu and had reached the welfare centers in Vavuniya
during the last stages of the war. However, he later arrived in
Colombo by paying SLR 250000 to a person who helped him to reach
the capital.
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21 |
July 27 |
Daily Mirror reports that a suspected cadre
of the LTTE who had escaped from an IDP camp in Vavuniya District
and his father who had brought him to capital Colombo were arrested
by the Colombo Central Division Police while they were hiding
in a lodge in the city. The father of the suspect is a Sinhalese
and is married to a Tamil. The father had been brought up by a
Tamil businessman in Nochchiyagama, to whom he had been given
over by his parents when he was a small child, a Police source
said. The Tamil businessman had given him a Tamil name and he
had later worked as a driver at the Health Ministry before retiring.
One of his sons had joined the LTTE but had fled from Mullaitivu
and had taken up residence in Nochchiyagama for some time. During
the last stages of the war in Puthumattalan the son had crossed
over to the Government controlled areas disguising himself as
an ordinary citizen. He had been later referred to an IDP camp
in Vavuniya from where he had escaped and had joined his father
in Nochchiyagama. His father had then accompanied him to Colombo
with the intention of sending him abroad.
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22
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August 5
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The Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha
Hapuaarachchi allowed the Police to further detain and question
the leader of the women’s political wing of the LTTE, Subramanium
Sivagami alias Tamilini, BBC reports. The magistrate allowed the
Police to detain Tamilini until August 28. Tamilini, who fled
the 'No Fire Zone' (NFZ) in the north and surrendered to the authorities
in May 2009, has since been detained by the Police.
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23
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August 6
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A hand grenade was recovered from
the Sapugaskanda area in Makola.
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24
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August 6
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Police on a tip off conducted
a search on Erathusa Road in the Wellawatte area of Colombo District
and found two suicide jackets, one micro pistol, two hand grenades
and two electric detonators.
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25 |
August 11 |
The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) seized 20 powerful
side chargers from the Uppukulam area of Mannar District and averted
a possible suicide mission in Colombo. Senior Superintendent of
Police (SSP) Ranjith Gunasegaram said CCD personnel seized a Hiace
van carrying 20 side chargers, each weighing five kilograms, in
the Uppukulam area on information divulged by three LTTE suspects
who were arrested earlier. Two LTTE suspects were arrested from
Badovita in Mt. Lavinia on August 10 and the other was arrested
from Uppukulam in Mannar on August 11, he added. "These side chargers
were meant to be dispatched to Colombo on a suicide mission. Timely
action of the CCD team averted the possible mission," SSP Gunasegaram
told Daily News.
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26 |
August 15 |
Police recovered a bomb inside a culvert in the
Mahiyangana city of capital Colombo in the evening of August 15.
The Police confirmed that a bomb weighing 20 kilograms was found
on information given by an arrested suspected LTTE militant.
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27
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August 21
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Police in the capital Colombo
seized the vehicle of the Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian
S. Jeyanandamoorthy over his alleged links with the LTTE. The
vehicle was seized from the residence of the Madiwela Member of
Parliament. The Police said they have received complaints that
the vehicle had been used to transport suspected LTTE cadres in
the past. Jeyanandamoorthy is currently out of the country.
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28
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August 24
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August 24 The NIB uncovered
a plan to assassinate Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse with
the recovery of a suicide kit, arms and ammunition from a house
in Mutwal, a suburb in the capital Colombo. According to the Deputy
Inspector General of Police, Nimal Mediwaka, the NIB officials
found a cache of arms and ammunition, including a suicide kit
weighing over five kilograms, a machine gun and 13 Cyanide capsules,
concealed in a cupboard in a housing unit at Mutwal under the
directive of a LTTE leader in Colombo. The unnamed LTTE leader
had reportedly planned to launch a well coordinated attack on
the Defence Secretary. "It is believed that they had planned
to hurl hand grenades at Rajapakse’s motorcade as a part of the
massive assassination bid. The terrorists had planned to launch
this attack using a explosive laden motor bike. Officials are
combing the island to trace the explosive laden bike and the suicide
cadre who were directed to crash into the motorcade of the Defence
Secretary," Mediwaka said. The Defence Secretary had earlier
in 2006 survived a LTTE suicide attempt in Colombo escaping with
minor injuries although eight of his security guards were killed.
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29 |
August 28 |
Police conducted a search operation in the Angulana
area of capital Colombo and recovered two claymore mines buried
near the bus stand in front of the Angulana church at around 1.00pm
(SLST). While one of the mines weighed approximately 24.3 kilograms
the other weighed about 11.5 kilograms.
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30 |
August 28 |
Police recovered one hand grenade from the Thelawala
road in Ratmalana.
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31 |
September 1 |
Police arrested a female LTTE militant in the
Wellawatte area of capital Colombo. According to the Wellawatte
Police, the suspected female LTTE cadre, who had worked with the
former LTTE political wing head S.P. Thamilchelvan, was arrested
while she was temporarily lodging in the area waiting to leave
the country. She has disclosed to the Police that her husband
has been killed while fighting for the LTTE.
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32 |
September 4 |
Police arrested a LTTE militant, who has given
armed training to LTTE cadres earlier, from the Katunayake airport
in capital Colombo while he was attempting to leave the country.
Intelligence sources said Sundaralingam Jesudasan was apprehended
when he tried to escape through illegal means. He is a resident
of Batticaloa and had been attached to an LTTE camp in Vakarai
and later he had gone abroad. He had returned to the country recently
according to initial inquiries.
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33.
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September 8
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Police arrested a LTTE militant
from a hotel in the Mount Lavinia area. He had led a 40-cadre
group at Vellamullivaikkal area in the final battle against the
Army. After surrendering to the Sri Lanka Army, he managed to
escape from a welfare camp in Vavuniya later by giving bribes,
Police said.
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34.
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September 12
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Police raided an establishment
in the Sea Street area, said to be involved in sending escapees
from the Vavuniya Welfare Centres abroad, and arrested six persons
along with a number of forged passports, visas and other documents.
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35
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October 3
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Sri Lanka Police arrested three
Sinhala nationals, who have allegedly supported former LTTE cadres
to leave the country through sea routes illegally. Senior Deputy
Inspector General of Police Nimal Mediwaka said that the three
suspects were arrested from a hotel at Vaikkala area in Negombo.
These three suspects have reportedly supported former LTTE militants
who fled the welfare camps in Vavuniya to leave for Australia
by boats.
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36 |
October 8 |
Police, acting on civilian information, arrested
a top LTTE militant from a hotel in the Mount Lavinia area. The
militant had reportedly led a 40-cadre group at Wellamulliwaikkal
area in the final battle against the SLA. He later surrendered
to the SLA after he was injured during the final battle. However,
he managed to escape from a welfare camp in Vavuniya by giving
bribes, Police added.
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37 |
October 10 |
Police arrested the head of a LTTE run computer
institute Vanni Tec from Negombo in the capital Colombo. The suspect,
identified as Velayudan, had been in charge of Vanni Tec in Kilinochchi,
the Police added.
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38
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October 15
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Police arrested two suspected
LTTE militants from the Kochchikade area. The Senior Deputy Inspector
General Nimal Mediwaka said the two suspects were arrested on
information provided by another LTTE suspect detained earlier.
The duo reportedly had provided information to the LTTE cadres
and supported transportation of illegal weapons.
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39
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October 24
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Police arrested two suspected
LTTE militants from the capital Colombo. The Police found some
explosives in the possession of the two suspects, who were arrested
on information given by another LTTE suspect who is already in
Police custody.
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40 |
November 2 |
Sri Lanka Police arrested three top LTTE cadres
in the morning of November 2 from Grandpass, a suburb of capital
Colombo. The Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police, Nimal
Mediwaka, said a special Police unit arrested the three militants
during a raid conducted on receipt of information given by another
LTTE suspect who is currently in custody.
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41
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November 10
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500 grams of gelignite and nine
detonators were found from the Wattala area of Colombo.
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