Chronology of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist's recent attacks on passenger buses and trains

• 16 September 2008 - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists exploded a bomb in a public transportation bus (SLTB) plying from - Moratuwa - Mattakkuliya (Route No:155) at 'Horton place', Colombo, Tuesday (16) at around 1.50p.m. (Details and photos in Sri Lanka Defence Ministry).

• 11 September 2008 - Minor blast on railway track - Sedawatte

• 10 September 2008 - Minor explosion in Mt.Lavinia

• 11 July 2008 - KATARAGAMA: Four people including a mother and a son and two other females were killed and 25 others sustained injuries yesterday as LTTE cadres hiding in the Yala National Park opened fire at a Sri Lanka Transport Board bus plying from Moneragala to Kataragama. The incident took place between 50 and 51 Kilometre posts on the Buttala - Kataragama road on 11 July 2008 around 10.30 a.m. Nine-year-old Mahesh and his mother Karunawathie travelling to Kataragama along with his two brothers and father were killed in this shooting. The five member family from Puwakgoda area was travelling to Kataragama to attend the Kataragama festival. According to Kataragama Police, Tiger cadres have opened fire at the bus from the front and later from various directions when it slowed down due to fire as it had passed the 49th Kilometre post on the Buttala-Kataragama road after nearly half a kilometre past the fourth Police Post close to Galge camp. The incident had taken place just 10 kilometres away from Kataragama town. Several Police posts have been established along the Buttala Kataragama road following the recent incidents in and around Yala National Park. The Army is patrolling the jungle area. According to Kataragama Police the driver had accelerated the bus despite the minor injuries caused to him from the shooting and arrived at Kataragama once he felt that the bus was under fire and passengers have been injured. “The injured people were admitted to the Kataragama hospital soon after the bus arrived in Kataragama. Out of 25 injured four people have been discharged after being treated at the hospital,” Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the Daily News. The CTB bus from the Moneragala depot which was plying between Colombo and Moneragala has been extended up to Kataragama to facilitate pilgrims attending the Kataragama festival held from July 3 to 17. “This is a cowardly attack by the LTTE to disturb the ongoing Kataragama festival which has witnessed the participation of a large number of people,” the Brigadier added. 

        for further details and photos, please read the following news items:

Amnesty condemns today's murder of civilians

LTTE terrorists ambush passenger bus; 4 civilians killed, 25 wounded

Tigers fire at bus killing four LTTE targets Kataragama festival pilgrims

Tigers fire on K’gama bound bus killing four - Over a dozen check points in the vicinity 3 women and 9-year-old child killed

Tiger Cannibalism

Isolated Terrorists in Galge Strike the Bus

Mother & Son Among Dead in Bus Attack

Troops & Police Comb Galge Jungles

• 06 June 2008 - 2 innocent civilians killed, 20 injured in LTTE bus bomb - Polgolla - The LTTE terrorists have carried out a cowardly bomb attack for the second time of the day inside a public transport bus around 3.50 p.m in Pollgolla, Kandy today, June 6. According to the available information 2 civilians were killed while another 20 more suffered injuries due to the explosion. The bus, bearing number cp HE 7503, was plying from Mathale to Kandy via Waththegama, and the explosion occurred near the Teachers' Training School in Polgolla, sources said. More than 20 civilians were onboard when the bomb exploded (See details)..

• 06 June 2008 - 21 Civilians killed, over 60 injured in cowardly terror attack- Moratuwa. LTTE terrorists have exploded a bomb targeting a crowded public transport bus close to the Shailabimbaramaya Buddhist temple at Katubedda, Moratuwa this morning (June 06). According to the police sources the bomb has been exploded using a remote controlled device targeting a bus that has been traveling from Kottawa to Mount Lavinia (Route No 255). Hospital sources said that 21 people including 13 males and 8 females have been killed. Over 60 civilians have been injured and they have been admitted to the Kalubowila and Lunawa hospital for immediate treatments. According to the available sources it is believed that the terrorists have exploded a roadside bomb which had been triggered off by a remote controller (See details).

• 05 June 2008 - Huge Time Bomb Defused Before Five Minutes of its Explosion - RAGAMA: A MASSIVE BLOOD BATH, intended to caused by explosion of 2.5 kg time bomb near a crowded bus halt and a filling station at ALAPITIVALA road MAHABAGE, RAGAMA was prevented just five minutes before its explosion Thursday (5) evening at precisely at 8.25 p.m.. Had the arrival of the Army Bomb Disposal Unit got late to defuse by five minutes, it could have exploded causing a huge carnage on the busy town spot. The Bomb Disposal Team defused it at 8.25 p.m. before it was set to explode at 8.30 p.m.. (Full report in Sri Lanka Army).

• 04 June 2008 - Another bomb has been exploded by the LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists in a location along the rail track between Wellawatta and Dehiwala railway stations this morning (04 June 2008). It is believed that the bomb had been triggered off targeting the Colombo bound highly crowed passenger train (read details and photos).

• 30 May 2008 - Sri Lanka police personnel on duty at the main bus stand, Moratuwa have found a claymore mine inside a public transport bus around 9.30 pm, today (May 30). According to the police sources the bomb has been found inside a parcel placed under the rear seat of the bus that completed its trip from Colombo. The bomb has not been armed, but the detonator and few electrical batteries have been found with the bomb, the sources said. Air Force bomb disposal team defused the bomb, the sources added (Full report in Sri Lanka Defence Ministry).

• 26 May 2008 - 7 civilians were killed including a pregnant mother and 73 more passengers suffered injuries when the LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists exploded a bomb inside a highly crowded Colombo-Panadura train around 4.55 p.m on 26 May 2008 (see details and photos).

• 24 May 2008 - Moratuwa - Vigilant civilians yesterday (May 24, 2008) foiled two cowardly attempts made by LTTE terrorist to massacre civilians in the Moratuwa area (read details).

• 24 May 2008 - Ganemulla - Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) bomb disposal team defused a time bomb weighing 1.25 kg this evening found in a public transport bus at Kossinna in Ganemulla (May 24, 2008).

• 25 April 2008 - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist's Black Friday Massacre on 25 April 2008 killing 26 and injuring 64 civilians, including a Buddhist Monk on 25 April, 2008. Twenty four civilians returning home after a hard day’s work were killed and another 40 including schoolchildren were injured when a fully packed bus bound to Kahapola was exploded by LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists at 6.45 p.m. at the Piliyandala bus terminal, near Colombo, Sri Lanka.  This bomb attack clearly showed that the LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists are not ready to abandon violence and destruction even though the Sri Lankan Government had repeatedly pledged its commitment to peace (Details and photos in SPUR Web page).  

• 03 February 2008 - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists Suicide Bomb Attack at Colombo Fort Railway Station targeting civilians on 03 February 2008 A female suicide bomber blew herself up at Colombo's main train station. 12 killed; Over 100 wounded (03 February 2008).

• 02 February 2008 - Dambulla Bus Bomb  - Another Massive Bomb Blast by the LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists at Dambulla, Sri Lanka on 2 February, 2008 - 20 killed; 50 Injured (read details);

• 29 January 2008 - Madhu Bus Bomb Blast - Seventeen civilians, including 11 school children, were killed on Tuesday in an accidental explosion of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist's claymore bomb on a school bus in Mannar district. This territory is held by the LTTE (29 January 2008)

• 16 January 2008 - Massacre of school children by the LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists at Okkampitiya, Monaragala in Sri Lanka on 16 January 2008

• 07 April 2007 - Easter Holidays Massacre in Sri Lanka - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists attacked a passenger bus to massacre five Sri Lanka Army Soldiers, killing 8 civilians and injuring 28 (Tamil pilgrims of Madhu Church Easter Festival) (Full details in SPUR Web Page)

• 06 January 2007 - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist suicide bomb blast one more bus: 15 killed & 40 injured in a crowded bus at Seenigama, Hikkaduwa, south of Colombo in Sri Lanka - 06 January 2007 (Read full details in SPUR);

• 05 January 2007 - LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist kill 6 innocent civilians and injures another 63, by exploding a bomb in a public passenger bus at Nittambuwa, near Colombo in Sri Lanka on Friday, 05 January 2007 (Read full Details in SPUR Web Page)

• 15 June 2006 - Kebitigollewe Massacre (15 June 2006), Read full details and phots in SPUR WebPage. Carnage at Kebithigollewa (Photos in Island). Download in PDF 1.88 MB