Colombo Central Bus Station bombing

Central Bus Station Bombing
Location	Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date	April 21, 1987 (UTC+5:30)
Attack type	Car bombing
Deaths	113
Suspected perpetrator	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Central Bus Station Bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried out on April 21, 1987 in Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The bombing killed 113 civilians. ^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Chronology of key dates in Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist campaign
↑ "Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC. September 4, 2000. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

External links

BBC On This Day - Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Leadership

Divisions

Attacks

Civilian	Padmanabha murder case Massacre of 600 Police officers Attack on Temple of the Tooth Aranthalawa Massacre Central Bank bombing Central Bus Station Bombing Dehiwala train bombing Gomarankadawala massacre Gonagala massacre Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi massacre Kebithigollewa massacre Kattankudi mosque massacre Kent and Dollar Farm massacres Kallarawa massacre Mahawilachchiya massacre Mahagodayaya massacre Palliyagodella massacre Suicide air raid

Military	Bandaranaike Airport attack Digampathana truck bombing Four Four Bravo

Assassinations	Rajiv Gandhi Ranasinghe Premadasa Lakshman Kadirgamar Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Gamini Dissanayake Ranjan Wijeratne

War

Phases	Eelam War I Indian intervention Eelam War II Eelam War III Eelam War IV

Battles	Vadamarachchi Operation Battle of Pooneryn First Battle of Elephant Pass Operation Riviresa Battle of Mullaitivu Operation Jayasikurui Second Battle of Elephant Pass Battle of Sampur Battle of Thoppigala Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu

Affiliates

Sri Lankan Civil War

Origins

Combatants

Sri Lanka	Army (LRRP) Navy Air Force Police Special Task Force Home Guards Attacks on civilians Assassinations

LTTE	Divisions Air Tigers Sea Tigers Black Tigers Attacks in the 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Assassinations Suicide bombings

Other militants (list)	ENDLF ENLF EPRLF EROS PLOTE TELO

India	Indian Peace Keeping Force

Paramilitary	EPDP TMVP

Phases

Major battles

Major Events

Leaders

Sri Lanka

Military

Army	Tissa Weeratunga Nalin Seneviratne Hamilton Wanasinghe Cecil Waidyaratne G. H. De Silva Rohan Daluwatte C. S. Weerasooriya L. P. Balagalle Shantha Kottegoda Sarath Fonseka

Navy	Asoka de Silva H. A. Silva Clancy Fernando D. A. M. R. Samarasekara H. C. A. C. Thisera Daya Sandagiri Wasantha Karannagoda

Air Force	Dick Perera Andibuduge Fernando Makalandage Gunawardena Oliver Ranasinghe Jayalath Weerakkody Donald Perera Roshan Goonetileke

Civilian

LTTE

Militant	Velupillai Prabhakaran Pottu Amman Karuna Amman

Political	Selvarasa Pathmanathan Anton Balasingham S. P. Thamilselvan

India

Military	Harkirat Singh Ashok K. Mehta

Civilian	R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh

Aftermath

Attacks, conflicts and mass murder by year

Attacks by year	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Years	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Conflicts by year	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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Mass murder by year	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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Attacks by year	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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Conflicts by year	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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Mass murder by year	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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Conflicts by year	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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Mass murder by year	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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Conflicts by year	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Mass murder by year	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Colombo Central Bus Station bombing

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