1996 Dehiwala train bombing

Terrorist attack on train during rush hour January 2016 September 2015 Dehiwala train bombing July 24, 1996 Sri Lanka bombing 64 400 The Dehiwala train bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the rush hour of July 24, 1996. Incident The Dehiwala train bombing resulted in 64 civilian deaths and wounding 400 others.Mehta Raj K. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Lost_Victory/WyRZKMxTPXsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Dehiwala+train+bombing%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover Lost Victory: The Rise & Fall of LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran 2010 Pentagon Press 978-81-8274-443-1 89 en The attack was carried out by LTTE operatives placing suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train. The simultaneous explosion of these bombs resulted in a large number of casualties. According to the Sri Lanka Army, the technique of simultaneously exploding multiple bombs in several carriages had been used before by the LTTE in January 1985, when the Yal Devi Colombo–Jaffna train was bombed.DRIVER WHO RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS, BIDS ADIEU B. G. CHATHURANGA 17 Dec 2015 Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20151217/281814282814747?srsltid=AfmBOoqY_MWMnxjPInDe7Rkvn065gba3LMbFY7OKDpGE8_Ase5fjxYq- 2025-03-12 PressReader subscription Reaction In a July 25, 1996, statement the U.S. State Department and EU condemned the bombing of the Dehiwela railway station in Colombo and called on the LTTE to renounce the use of terrorism, also in July, the Indian government extended its ban on LTTE as an unlawful association under section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.https://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/WR97/ASIA-06.htm The Role of the International Community-Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch 2008-05-26 See also List of terrorist incidents, 1996 2008 Dehiwala train bombing References Further reading Rohan Gunaratna Gunaratna Rohan 1998 Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security Colombo South Asian Network on Conflict Research 955-8093-00-9 Gunaratna Rohan October 1, 1987 War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna Sri Lanka Institute of Fundamental Studies 955-8093-00-9 Gunasekara S.L. November 4, 2003 The Wages of Sin Sinhala Jathika Sangamaya 955-8552-01-1 External links https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm Timeline of the Tamil conflict September 4, 2000 BBC News http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061703841000.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060629220051/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061703841000.htm dead June 29, 2006 The Hindu From Anuradhapura to Anuradhapura January 17, 2006 http://www.defence.lk Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order, Sri Lanka http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160724/plus/blast-from-the-past-201988.html Blast from the past Sri Lanka Category:Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Category:1990s massacres in the Sri Lankan civil war Category:July 1996 crimes Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks against trains Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III Category:1996 mass murders Category:Massacres of Sinhalese people Category:Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1996