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Event

Central Bank bombing, Colombo, 1996

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What

A truck loaded with explosives was rammed into the Central Bank on 31 January 1996; 91 people were killed

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The LTTE war, 1983 to 2009

Connections (3)

• Velupillai Prabhakaran / Found guilty in absentia of masterminding, October 2002 / Central Bank bombing, Colombo, 1996
  • The Colombo High Court found Prabhakaran and three other rebels guilty of masterminding the attack, in which a truck loaded with explosives was rammed into the Central Bank on 31 January 1996, killing 91 people. He was sentenced in absentia to 200 years in jail on 51 counts.1 Nov 2002 · Dawn · LTTE leader sentenced to 200 years in jail: Peace talks begin
• Pottu Amman / Acquitted over, for lack of proper evidence / Central Bank bombing, Colombo, 1996
  • The court acquitted Pottu Amman, described as a reputed intelligence aide to Prabhakaran, for lack of proper evidence.1 Nov 2002 · Dawn · LTTE leader sentenced to 200 years in jail: Peace talks begin
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) / Tiger rebels reported to have carried out / Central Bank bombing, Colombo, 1996
  • The report says Tamil Tiger rebels rammed the truck into the bank, and that the court found the LTTE’s leader and three other rebels guilty of masterminding it.1 Nov 2002 · Dawn · LTTE leader sentenced to 200 years in jail: Peace talks begin