Tamil Tiger terrorist suicide attack kills 100 Sri Lankan's
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Tamil Tiger terrorist rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a Sri Lankan naval convoy on Monday, killing at least 100 people, including some civilians, the military said.
Here is a chronology of deadly attacks blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting since 1983:
April 1987 - Tamil Tigers terrorist Car bomb explodes at Colombo central bus stand, killing 113 people and wounding scores.
April 1989 -Tamil Tigers terrorist Car bomb explodes in eastern Trincomalee, killing 51 people shopping for traditional new year.
March 1991:(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Defense Minister Ranjan Wijeratne is among 19 people killed when a car bomb is detonated in Colombo.
May 1991 - Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is killed in southern India by a suspected LTTE suicide bomber.
August 1992 - (Tamil Tigers terrorist)Sri Lankan army chief, Lieutenant-General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, is killed in a land mine blast in Kayts, northern Sri Lanka.
November 1992 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Navy Chief Clancey Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing in Colombo.
May 1993 - (Tamil Tigers terrorist)President Ranasinghe Premadasa and 23 others are killed by a suicide bomber in Colombo.
October 1994 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake and 51 others are killed in a bomb blast during an election rally in Colombo.
January 1996 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) A truck filled with explosives rams into the Central Bank building in Colombo. The explosion kills up to 100 people and wounds some 1,400.
July 1996 - (Tamil Tigers terrorist)Two bomb blasts on a rush-hour commuter train kill 57 people and wound at least 257.
December 1999 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is wounded in an attempted assassination by a suicide bomber; at least 34 people are killed in two explosions.
June 2000 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Industrial Development Minister C.V. Gunaratne and 21 others are killed in a suicide bomb blast in Colombo.
July 2001 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) An attack on the main air base and the only international airport in Sri Lanka destroys 13 aircraft and leaves at least 12 people dead.
August 2005 -(Tamil Tigers terrorist) Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar is shot dead at his home in Colombo.
June 2006 - (Tamil Tigers terrorist) A mine attack on a civilian bus in central Anuradapura district kills 64.
october 2006-(Tamil Tigers terrorist)At least 100 people have been killed in a Tamil Tiger suicide attack on a military bus convoy in northern Sri Lanka,
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