List of Attacks Attributed To The LTTE - Deadliest Attacks

Deadliest Attacks

Attack Date Location Death toll Sources
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers 11 June 1990 Eastern Province 600-774
Kattankudy mosque massacre 3 August 1990 Kattankudy, Batticaloa District 147
Anuradhapura massacre 14 May 1985 Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura District 146
Habarana bus massacre 17 April 1987 Habarana, Anuradhapura District 127
October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres 16 October 1995 Eastern Province 120
Central Bus Station Bombing 21 April 1987 Pettah, Colombo, Colombo District 116
Palliyagodella massacre 15 October 1991 Palliyagodella, Polonnaruwa District 109
2006 Digampathana bombing 16 October 2006 Digampathaha, Matale District 92–103
Central Bank bombing 31 January 1996 Colombo, Colombo District 91
Kebithigollewa massacre 15 June 2006 Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District 66
Dehiwala train bombing (1996) 24 July 1996 Dehiwala, Colombo District 64
Kent and Dollar Farm massacres 30 November 1984 Mullaitivu District 62
Lionair Flight 602 29 September 1998 off the cost of Mannar District 55
Gonagala massacre 18 September 1999 Gonagala, Ampara District 54
Kallarawa massacre 25 May 1995 Kallarawa, Trincomalee District 42
Aranthalawa Massacre 2 July 1987 Aranthalawa, Ampara District 35
Air Lanka Flight 512 3 May 1986 Bandaranaike International Airport, Gampaha District 21
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack 25 January 1998 Temple of the Tooth, Kandy 17
Kokilai massacre 1 December 1984 Kokilai, Mullaitivu District 11
Gomarankadawala massacre 23 April 2006 Gomarankadawala, Trincomalee District 6
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo 20 February 2009 Colombo, Colombo District 2

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