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The BBC reported that the Tigers denied responsibility for the attack. But the Sri Lankan
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The blast killed at least 91 people and injured 1,400 others. At least 100 people lost their eyesight. Among the wounded were two US citizens, six
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Subramanium Vigneswaram alias Kittu, and Sivasamy Dharmendra alias Raju, were apprehended by law enforcement with information provided by the public. Police and the security forces launched a massive manhunt for others who were involved in this
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The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of
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incident. It was eventually determined the bombers had come from
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issued an open warrant to arrest LTTE's exclusive leader,
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III
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Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis & National
Security by
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was one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the
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3232:1990s massacres of the Sri Lankan Civil War
3227:Suicide car and truck bombings in Sri Lanka
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1253:Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali
610:Fifty die in Sri Lanka suicide bombing
136:Please consider expanding the lead to
1263:Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
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3166:People's Front of Liberation Tigers
251:Subramanium Vigneswaram alias Kittu
3171:Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation
2141:Ranasinghe Premadasa Assassination
530:"Central Banking Publications Ltd"
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3212:Attacks on bank buildings in Asia
1248:Expulsions from Northern province
32:1996 Colombo Central Bank bombing
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128:may be too short to adequately
3292:Building bombings in Sri Lanka
3282:Terrorist incidents in Colombo
3237:Car and truck bombings in 1996
3119:Second Battle of Elephant Pass
2928:Kent and Dollar Farm massacres
709:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
254:Sivasamy Dharmendra alias Raju
138:provide an accessible overview
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3099:First Battle of Elephant Pass
2878:Attack on Temple of the Tooth
1258:Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
165:(LTTE) during the separatist
2913:Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi massacre
2085:Maldives coup d'état attempt
704:Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism
482:"Denial of attack by tigers"
3252:January 1996 events in Asia
3134:Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu
2969:Bandaranaike Airport attack
2893:Central Bus Station Bombing
2239:Bandaranaike Airport attack
1278:Bandaranaike Airport attack
1187:Bandaranaike Airport attack
232:with the present conflict.
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2974:Digampathana truck bombing
2923:Kattankudi mosque massacre
2197:Temple of the Tooth attack
2127:Rajiv Gandhi Assassination
1851:1987–1989 JVP insurrection
1846:1988 Maldives coup attempt
1737:UN Panel on Accountability
1268:Temple of the Tooth attack
1112:Jaffna University Helidrop
994:Indian Peace Keeping Force
3197:1996 murders in Sri Lanka
3156:British Tamil Association
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1792:Office on Missing Persons
744:Burning of Jaffna Library
195:Central Bank of Sri Lanka
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3272:Mass murder of Sinhalese
3207:Suicide bombings in 1996
2938:Mahawilachchiya massacre
2903:Gomarankadawala massacre
2253:Colombo Suicide air raid
1405:D. A. M. R. Samarasekara
3202:20th century in Colombo
3089:Vadamarachchi Operation
2948:Palliyagodella massacre
2918:Kebithigollewa massacre
2818:Charles Anthony Brigade
1498:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
1448:Makalandage Gunawardena
1283:Expulsions from Colombo
3267:Mass murder in Colombo
3217:1996 building bombings
2898:Dehiwala train bombing
2868:Padmanabha murder case
2725:Velupillai Prabhakaran
2169:Dehiwala train bombing
1568:Selvarasa Pathmanathan
1537:Velupillai Prabhakaran
729:Vaddukoddai Resolution
276:Velupillai Prabhakaran
3242:Explosions in Colombo
3114:Operation Jayasikurui
3012:Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
2943:Mahagodayaya massacre
2057:Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
1630:Krishnaswamy Sundarji
1503:Chandrika Kumaratunga
1243:Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
3176:World Tamil Movement
3129:Battle of Thoppigala
3109:Battle of Mullaitivu
3002:Ranasinghe Premadasa
2888:Central Bank bombing
2883:Aranthalawa Massacre
2266:Death of Prabhakaran
2155:Central Bank bombing
2113:Expulsion of Muslims
2043:Air Lanka Flight 512
1994:Sri Lankan Civil War
1869:Sri Lankan Civil War
1841:Thirteenth Amendment
1661:Jyotindra Nath Dixit
1493:Ranasinghe Premadasa
1420:Wasantha Karannagoda
1238:Air Lanka Flight 512
1162:Thandikulam–Omanthai
823:Attacks on civilians
687:Sri Lankan Civil War
634:6.93250°N 79.84389°E
588:on 17 September 2006
159:Central Bank bombing
18:Central Bank bombing
3262:Mass murder in 1996
3247:January 1996 crimes
3056:Indian intervention
3007:Lakshman Kadirgamar
2286:Indian intervention
1458:Jayalath Weerakkody
1443:Andibuduge Fernando
1410:H. C. A. C. Thisera
1357:Srilal Weerasooriya
1337:Hamilton Wanasinghe
1047:Indian intervention
1010:Paramilitary groups
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562:on 28 February 2009
262:Criminal indictment
3104:Operation Riviresa
3094:Battle of Pooneryn
3017:Gamini Dissanayake
2933:Kallarawa massacre
2795:S. P. Thamilselvan
2211:Lionair Flight 602
1578:S. P. Thamilselvan
1468:Roshan Goonetileke
1273:Lionair Flight 602
811:Special Task Force
536:on 3 February 2007
490:. 15 October 1997.
462:on 5 February 2005
377:. 4 September 2000
248:Raju (main bomber)
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1367:Shantha Kottegoda
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1332:Nalin Seneviratne
1222:Puthukkudiyirippu
1182:2nd Elephant Pass
1122:1st Elephant Pass
1071:Northern theatres
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407:on 8 January 2021
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1831:Sexual violence
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