2008 Dehiwala train bombing

Bombing of train in Sri Lanka 2008 Dehiwala train bombing Colombo district.svg Colombo District, where the bombing took place, highlighted within Sri Lanka Dehiwala, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6.874 79.858 type:event_globe:earth_region:LK ti May 26, 2008 16:55 UTC+5:30 parcel bombing 9 67 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The 2008 Dehiwala train bombing was a bombing of a commuter train, running from Colombo to Panadura on May 26, 2008, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo. The bombing killed 9 people and injured at least 67. The Sri Lankan military blames the LTTE for the attack. Eight killed in Sri Lanka train bombing http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCACOL8969420080526 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520150335/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCACOL8969420080526 dead May 20, 2011 Reuters May 26, 2008 Bomb rocks busy Sri Lankan train https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7420231.stm BBC News May 26, 2008 WSWS claims that it is possible that the attack was carried out by the LTTE in retaliation to a bomb blast targeting a van on May 23 in LTTE controlled area, which they (the LTTE) claimed to be carried out by the Sri Lankan military.Bomb blast in Sri Lanka targets rail commuters June 4, 2008 a bomb exploded between the railway tracks hit by packed commuter train at 0710 local time between the Dehiwala and Wellawatte railway stations on the same rail line, injured at least 24 civilians.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7434886.stm Sri Lanka commuters hurt by bomb BBC News 4 June 2008 The Sri Lankan government launched a military offensive against the LTTE in 2006, which ultimately led to the group's defeat in 2009.Chapter 9 Sri Lanka: State Response to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as an Illicit https://cco.ndu.edu/News/Article/780214/chapter-9-sri-lanka-state-response-to-the-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-as-a/http%3A%2F%2Fcco.ndu.edu%2FNews%2FArticle%2F780214%2Fchapter-9-sri-lanka-state-response-to-the-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-as-a%2F 2023-03-06 PRISM National Defense University en-USThe Sri Lankan Conflict https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/sri-lankan-conflict 2023-03-06 Council on Foreign Relations en See also 1996 Dehiwala train bombing 2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings References Category:2008 murders in Sri Lanka Category:Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Category:2000s massacres in the Sri Lankan civil war Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks against trains Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War IV Category:2008 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 2008 Category:May 2008 in Sri Lanka Category:Letter and package bombings Category:2000s in Colombo Category:Mass murders in Colombo Category:Terrorist incidents in Colombo Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2008 Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Sri Lanka Category:Railway accidents in 2008 Category:May 2008 crimes in Asia