CHRONOLOGY-Deadly attacks blamed on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers
Source: Reuters
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a Sri Lankan naval convoy on Monday, killing at least 92 people, including some civilians, the military said. Here is a chronology of deadly attacks blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for a separate Tamil homeland since 1983: April 1987 - Car bomb explodes at Colombo central bus stand, killing 113 people and wounding scores. April 1989 - Car bomb explodes in eastern Trincomalee, killing 51 people shopping for traditional new year. March 1991: Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeratne is among 19 people killed when a car bomb is detonated in Colombo. May 1991 - Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is killed in southern India by a suspected LTTE suicide bomber. Aug. 1992 - Sri Lankan army chief, Lieutenant-General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, is killed in a landmine blast in Kayts, northern Sri Lanka. Nov. 1992 - Navy Chief Clancey Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing in Colombo. May 1993 - President Ranasinghe Premadasa and 23 others are killed by a suicide bomber in Colombo. Oct. 1994 - Presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake and 51 others are killed in a bomb blast during an election rally in Colombo. Jan. 1996 - A truck filled with explosives rams into the Central Bank building in Colombo. The explosion kills up to 100 people and wounds some 1,400. July 1996 - Two bomb blasts on a rush-hour commuter train kill 57 people and wound at least 257. Dec. 1999 - Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is wounded in an attempted assassination by a suicide bomber; at least 34 people are killed in two explosions. June 2000 - Industrial Development Minister C.V. Gunaratne and 21 others are killed in a suicide bomb blast in Colombo. July 2001 - An attack on the main air base and the only international airport in Sri Lanka destroys 13 aircraft and leaves at least 12 people dead. Aug. 2005 - Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar is shot dead at his home in Colombo. June 2006 - A mine attack on a civilian bus in central Anuradapura district kills 64. Source: Reuters
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