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January - 1 
The United National Party (UNP) Member of Parliament (MP), T. Maheshwaran, was shot at and injured by suspected ‘pistol gang’ cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while he was offering prayers inside Sivam Kovil (Temple of Lord Shiva) at Kotahena in the capital Colombo on January 1,
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The United National Party (UNP) Member of Parliament (MP), T. Maheshwaran, was shot at and injured by suspected ‘pistol gang’ cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while he was offering prayers inside Sivam Kovil (Temple of Lord Shiva) at Kotahena in the capital Colombo on January 1, reports Sri Lanka Army (SLA). The Parliamentarian, however, succumbed to his injuries. One of the nine more civilians wounded in the incident also died of his injuries. Meanwhile the Kotahena police claimed that the suspect, a resident of Gurunagar in Jaffna, was shot at and injured in retaliatory fire by Maheswaran's security personnel and is under police custody, adds Colombo Page.
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January - 25 
Police detected and chased four suspected persons, including a woman, on two motor bikes, in the middle of the Japan Lanka Friendship road at Thalangama Police Station in the Colombo district on January 25, according to SLA. Police later recovered a package with two Kiwi polish tins and a gum bottle
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Police detected and chased four suspected persons, including a woman, on two motor bikes, in the middle of the Japan Lanka Friendship road at Thalangama Police Station in the Colombo district on January 25, according to SLA. Police later recovered a package with two Kiwi polish tins and a gum bottle filled with 175 grams of C-4 explosives along with eight inch wire cord detonator cord left behind by the suspected persons.
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January - 28 
Police detected and chased four suspected persons, including a woman, on two motor bikes, in the middle of the Japan Lanka Friendship road at Thalangama Police Station in the Colombo district, according to SLA. Police later recovered a package with two Kiwi polish tins and a gum bottle filled with 1
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Police detected and chased four suspected persons, including a woman, on two motor bikes, in the middle of the Japan Lanka Friendship road at Thalangama Police Station in the Colombo district, according to SLA. Police later recovered a package with two Kiwi polish tins and a gum bottle filled with 175 grams of C-4 explosives along with eight inch wire cord detonator cord left behind by the suspected persons.
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February - 7 
An army captain, a soldier and a Buddhist monk were arrested for having close links with a top LTTE leader named Ramesh alias Charles, who was reportedly involved in the recent bomb blasts in Colombo and the suburbs, police said, according to Daily Mirror. A senior police official said that Ramesh,
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An army captain, a soldier and a Buddhist monk were arrested for having close links with a top LTTE leader named Ramesh alias Charles, who was reportedly involved in the recent bomb blasts in Colombo and the suburbs, police said, according to Daily Mirror. A senior police official said that Ramesh, who was arrested along with three other LTTE suspects in the Mattakkuliya area, had revealed the connection with the captain and other two arrested persons, who are all Sinhalese. It was revealed that these three Sinhalese suspects had been promised seven million rupees by Ramesh if they helped the LTTE to carry out bomb blasts in Colombo and the suburbs. The arrested monk, who is from Colombo, had reportedly given shelter to LTTE militants, who were in Colombo to carry out attacks.
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March - 25 
Police arrested five LTTE suspects along with four kilograms of C-4 explosives, 10 electric detonators and four time devices from a house in the Aluth Mawatha area in Colombo district on March 25, according to Daily News.
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Police arrested five LTTE suspects along with four kilograms of C-4 explosives, 10 electric detonators and four time devices from a house in the Aluth Mawatha area in Colombo district on March 25, according to Daily News.
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April - 7 
The Colombo magistrate has allowed police to detain a Singapore national suspected of having links with the LTTE until May 7, reports BBC. The magistrate also ordered the police to produce the suspect, Muttusamy Ilangovan, believed to be a senior leader of the LTTE's international naval operations.
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The Colombo magistrate has allowed police to detain a Singapore national suspected of having links with the LTTE until May 7, reports BBC. The magistrate also ordered the police to produce the suspect, Muttusamy Ilangovan, believed to be a senior leader of the LTTE's international naval operations. He is also accused of staying in Sri Lanka although his visa had expired.
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June - 4 
the security forces on June 4-night arrested the prime suspect, identified as Jatheesan Balasubramaniyam, who was behind the bomb blast along the coastal railway track at Dehiwala, a suburb of capital Colombo that wounded over 20 people in the morning of the same day, Colombo Page reported. He was a
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the security forces on June 4-night arrested the prime suspect, identified as Jatheesan Balasubramaniyam, who was behind the bomb blast along the coastal railway track at Dehiwala, a suburb of capital Colombo that wounded over 20 people in the morning of the same day, Colombo Page reported. He was arrested near Irattaperiyakulama road block while he was attempting to pass through towards Vavuniya.
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June - 7 
Colombo Page reports, the death toll in June 6 bomb blast at Katubadda in the Moratuwa area of Colombo district rose to 22 as two of the injured persons died at the National Hospital in Colombo on June 7-night. Meanwhile, Police sources said 50 suspects arrested in connection with the bomb blast wer
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Colombo Page reports, the death toll in June 6 bomb blast at Katubadda in the Moratuwa area of Colombo district rose to 22 as two of the injured persons died at the National Hospital in Colombo on June 7-night. Meanwhile, Police sources said 50 suspects arrested in connection with the bomb blast were produced at the courts on June 7-morning. The courts released 49 of them detaining the rest for further inquiries, he added. Another 18 suspects including students of Moratuwa University who attempted to have a sudden trip to Wanni were arrested at the Irattaperiyakulam road block in three separate occasions.
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June - 13 
The mastermind behind the international credit card fraud for funding the LTTE has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) while conducting a search operation in the Wellawatta area of Colombo on June 13, Defence sources said, reports Daily News. The suspect, Anandan alias Neshanadan Muruganan
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The mastermind behind the international credit card fraud for funding the LTTE has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) while conducting a search operation in the Wellawatta area of Colombo on June 13, Defence sources said, reports Daily News. The suspect, Anandan alias Neshanadan Muruganandan, was in a super luxury apartment in Wellawatta at the time he was arrested by the special Police team. He had a large number of Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and bank receipts issued by both local and foreign banks, amounting to over SLR 100 million, in his possession. He had cloned credit cards using PIN and card numbers obtained from unsuspecting cards holders in the United Kingdom. These funds were later transferred to the LTTE. British Police conducted several raids which proved that the cloned cards were being used in Sri Lanka to draw funds.
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June - 15 
Six LTTE suspects, including a female, was arrested by a special Police investigation team during an anti-terrorist raid conducted in Wattala area, a suburb of Colombo, according to Ministry of Defence Website. The investigation team has also found C-4 high explosives weighing around 2.7kg in the po
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Six LTTE suspects, including a female, was arrested by a special Police investigation team during an anti-terrorist raid conducted in Wattala area, a suburb of Colombo, according to Ministry of Defence Website. The investigation team has also found C-4 high explosives weighing around 2.7kg in the possession of the suspects at the time of arrest. According Police spokesperson, Ranjith Gunasekara, Police is conducting further investigations.
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June - 21 
One person believed to have maintained close contact with the LTTE was arrested in Colombo by a special Police team. Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested suspect, the manager of “Sooriyan Rest”, No. 18, station road, Colombo 6, had provided accommodation to the LTTE suicide cadre wh
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One person believed to have maintained close contact with the LTTE was arrested in Colombo by a special Police team. Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested suspect, the manager of “Sooriyan Rest”, No. 18, station road, Colombo 6, had provided accommodation to the LTTE suicide cadre who self-detonated an explosion targeting a Police vehicle near the Sambuddhaloka Temple on Lotus Road on May 16, 2008. A copy of the Identity Card of the suicide terrorist has been found by the Police from Room No. 23 of the lodge.
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June - 23 
Army troops found one T-56 weapon and one S-84 type weapon hidden inside a three-wheeler speeding past Kotahena area in Colombo. The driver of the three-wheeler was also arrested.
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Army troops found one T-56 weapon and one S-84 type weapon hidden inside a three-wheeler speeding past Kotahena area in Colombo. The driver of the three-wheeler was also arrested.
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July - 14 
A militant swallowed cyanide at the time he was arrested by the police in the Wellawatta area of Colombo district, reports the Ministry of Defence Website.
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A militant swallowed cyanide at the time he was arrested by the police in the Wellawatta area of Colombo district, reports the Ministry of Defence Website.
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July - 23 
On July 23, Police in the Kalutara district arrested a six member gang of robbers and seized a van from them while they were proceeding to the North to sell it to a businessman having LTTE links, reports Daily News. Police said the van was robbed on July 22-night at Embilipitiya in the adjoining Rat
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On July 23, Police in the Kalutara district arrested a six member gang of robbers and seized a van from them while they were proceeding to the North to sell it to a businessman having LTTE links, reports Daily News. Police said the van was robbed on July 22-night at Embilipitiya in the adjoining Ratnapura district.
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July - 23 
Police also arrested a suspected female LTTE suicide bomber in the Horana area of the same district on July 23-moring, Colombo Page reported. The 34-year-old suspect, a resident of Kilinochchi, was arrested in the vicinity of a garment factory at Moonagama.
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Police also arrested a suspected female LTTE suicide bomber in the Horana area of the same district on July 23-moring, Colombo Page reported. The 34-year-old suspect, a resident of Kilinochchi, was arrested in the vicinity of a garment factory at Moonagama.
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December - 2 
Negombo Police on December 2 arrested three youths allegedly running a high powered communication centre in the area, suspected to be linked to the LTTE, reported Colombo Page. According to police, the suspects who were from Jaffna have been operating this communication centre from a Canal Road resi
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Negombo Police on December 2 arrested three youths allegedly running a high powered communication centre in the area, suspected to be linked to the LTTE, reported Colombo Page. According to police, the suspects who were from Jaffna have been operating this communication centre from a Canal Road residence in Negombo for some time. All three youths, in the age group of 23 to 28 years, are believed to have had connections with a group in Germany, police said. The police also seized some of the equipment used for the operations of the high powered communication centre.
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December - 18 
The Colombo Criminal Division (CCD) arrested three extortionists on December 18 while they were attempting to extort SLR 500,000 from a businessman in Colombo in the guise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ranjith Gunasekera, said the three
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The Colombo Criminal Division (CCD) arrested three extortionists on December 18 while they were attempting to extort SLR 500,000 from a businessman in Colombo in the guise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ranjith Gunasekera, said the three extortionists had been threatening a businessman in Colombo and demanding a ransom of SLR two million claiming they were LTTE militants. "However, both parties entered into a deal and the businessman agreed to pay Rs. 500,000 of ransom to the extortionists. The alleged extortionists were arrested by the CCD while the money was handed over," SSP Gunasekera told Daily News. The suspects were residents of Ja-Ela, Maligawatta and Maradana.
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December - 19 
A suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant who attempted to explode a bomb inside a bus was arrested in the evening of December 19 at Meegoda in the Padukka area of Colombo District, Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, according to Daily News. He said a policeman t
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A suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant who attempted to explode a bomb inside a bus was arrested in the evening of December 19 at Meegoda in the Padukka area of Colombo District, Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, according to Daily News. He said a policeman travelling in a packed CTB bus plying from Maharagama to Kurunegala observed the man carrying a suspicious looking parcel. “The policeman checked the bag and the suspect failed to explode the bomb”, he added.
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