Terrorist attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Chapters: Rajiv Gandhi, List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, Lakshman Kadirgamar, 2009 suicide air raid on Colombo, Ranasinghe Premadasa, Aranthalawa Massacre, Kattankudy mosque massacre, Bandaranaike Airport attack, Gamini Dissanayake, 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing, Neelan Tiruchelvam, Kethesh Loganathan, Central Bank bombing, Gonagala massacre, 2006 Digampathana bombing, Dehiwala train bombing, Pottuvil massacre, Kebithigollewa massacre, Air Lanka Flight 512, Mahawilachchiya massacre, Kent and Dollar Farm massacres, Kuruppu Karunaratne, 2008 Fort Railway Station bombing, Havelock Road Bombing, 1991, Kallarawa massacre, C. V. Gunaratne, Attack on Pakistani ambassador to Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura massacre, Lakshman de Alwis, Sarojini Yogeswaran, Gomarankadawala massacre, 2008 Dehiwala train bombing, October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres, Lionair Flight 602, 2008 Weliveriya bombing, Kokilai massacre, Mahagodayaya massacre, 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing, 2008 Polgolla bus bombing, Central Bus Station Bombing. Excerpt: The following is a list of attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. The LTTE is a separatist militant group that has been fighting for a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka since 1976, and it has carried out numerous attacks against civilian, military, political, and religious targets. It has been banned as a terrorist organization by 30 countries, including the United States, Canada, India and the 27 member nations of the European Union. These include: 1976, saw a series of brazen robberies committed by the LTTE. In March 1976, LTTE members robbed the People's Bank at Puttur of Rs. 668,000 in cash and jewellery. This was followed by raids on Multi-Purpose Co-Operative Services in Puloly and Madagal. In September a CTB bus is set on fire.Later schoolteacher salaries were robbed in Point Pedro.On September 7, 1978 a bomb is planted on an Air Ceylon plane flying from Kankesanturai to Colombo. It exploded after landing while in the hangar.Some time later the Kopai Multi-Purpose Co-Operative Society was robbed of Rs. 30,000 using a stolen vehicle. The owner of the vehicle was thrown into his luggage compartment. 1984 marked the intensification of the war between the Tamil separatists and the Sri Lankan government, as well as the first reports of civilian massacres by the LTTE. 1985 marked a major escalation of hostilities. For the first time the LTTE attacked a major Sinhalese majority town killing 146 unarmed civilians. The impact of this attack was felt across the island and received world wide attention. June 16: Vavuniya: Suspected LTTE suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in front of a police office killing 12 policemen including 4 female police constables and wounded 40 others including school children. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (Hindi: ): 20 August 1944 - 21 May 1991) was the sixth Prime Minister of India, serving from October 1984 to December 1989. He took office after