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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 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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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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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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