Attack |
Date |
Location |
Death toll |
Sources
|
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers |
11 June 1990 |
Eastern Province |
600–774 |
|
Massacre of prisoners in Mulathivu Camp 1996 |
18 July 1996 |
Eastern Province |
207 |
|
1987 Eastern Province massacres |
29 September 1987 – 8 October 1987 |
Eastern Province |
200+ |
|
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 |
|
Eravur massacre |
11 August 1990 |
Eravur, Batticaloa District |
116-173 |
|
Central Bus Station Bombing |
21 April 1987 |
Pettah, Colombo, Colombo District |
113 |
|
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 |
|
Alanchipothana massacre |
29 April 1992 |
Alanchipothana, Polonnaruwa District |
69 |
|
Kurukkalmadam massacre |
12 July 1990 |
Kurukkalmadam, Batticaloa District |
68-168 |
|
Kebithigollewa massacre |
15 June 2006 |
Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura District |
66 |
|
Dehiwala train bombing (1996) |
24 July 1996 |
Dehiwala, Colombo District |
64 |
|
Kanthan Karunai massacre |
30 March 1987 |
Jaffna, Jaffna District |
63 |
|
Kent and Dollar Farm massacres |
30 November 1984 |
Mullaitivu District |
62 |
|
JOC bombing |
21 June 1991 |
Flower Road, Colombo |
60 |
|
Lionair Flight 602 |
29 September 1998 |
off the coast of Mannar District |
55 |
|
Gonagala massacre |
18 September 1999 |
Gonagala, Ampara District |
54 |
|
Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake Ossie Abeyagoonasekera |
24 October 1994 |
Thotalanga, Colombo |
52 |
|
Mahakongaskada massacre |
10 October 1988 |
Medawachchiya, Anuradhapura District |
44 |
|
Kallarawa massacre |
25 May 1995 |
Kallarawa, Trincomalee District |
42 |
|
Aranthalawa Massacre |
2 July 1987 |
Aranthalawa, Ampara District |
35 |
|
Erakkandy massacre |
2 July 1997 |
Erakkandy, Trincomalee District |
34 |
|
Bogamuyaya massacre |
23 January 1991 |
Bogamuyaya, Ampara District |
29 |
|
Buttala bus bomb |
16 January 2008 |
Buttala, Monaragala District |
28 |
|
2008 Piliyandala bus bombing |
25 April 2008 |
Piliyandala, Colombo |
26 |
|
2008 Moratuwa bus bombing |
6 June 2008 |
Katubedda, Moratuwa |
22 |
|
Assassination of C. V. Gunaratne |
8 June 2000 |
Ratmalana, Colombo District |
22 |
|
Air Lanka Flight 512 |
3 May 1986 |
Bandaranaike International Airport, Gampaha District |
21 |
|
Havelock Road bombing/Assassination of Ranjan Wijeratne |
2 March 1991 |
Havelock Road, Colombo |
19 |
|
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack |
25 January 1998 |
Temple of the Tooth, Kandy |
17 |
|
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi |
21 May 1991 |
Sriperumbudur, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India |
15 |
|
1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing |
15 October 1997 |
Colombo, Colombo District |
15 |
|
2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs |
6 January 2007 |
Hikkaduwa, Galle District |
15 |
|
Akuressa suicide bombing |
10 March 2009 |
Akuressa, Matara District |
14 |
|
Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa |
1 May 1993 |
Armour Street, Colombo |
11 |
|
Fort railway station bombing |
3 February 2008 |
Fort railway station, Colombo |
11 |
|
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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