At least 25 civilians are killed and more than 40 injured when a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb is detonated on a commuter bus travelling from Piliyandala to Kahapola, on the outskirts of Colombo.
Archive for April, 2008
The LTTE reports that Rev. Fr. Karunaratnam, chairperson of the North East Secretariat for Human Rights (NESHOR), was killed in a claymore mine allegedly detonated by government soldiers.
A suicide bomb blast kills Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle. The military blamed the attack on the LTTE and said that 10 people were killed and 25 injured by the explosion.
Sri Lankan rights group University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) finds state security forces responsible for murder of 17 Action Contre La Faim (ACF) aid workers.
The Supreme Court delivers its judgement in connection with the the revision/review application filed by Nallaratnam Singarasa, dismissing it on the grounds that it was misconceived and without legal basis.
The UN Human Rights Committee gives its views in the case of Singarasa v Sri Lanka and finds that there had been a violation of Nallaratnam Singarasa's rights.
27 prisoners, some former child soldiers of the LTTE who had surrendered to the authorities, are killed and another eighteen injured when an estimated 3,000 strong mob attacked the National Youth Services Council rehabilitation camp in Bindunuwewa, Bandarawela.
Artillery shells hits Madhu Church in the northern Vanni region killing forty-two and injuring sixty more. The battle was fought around the religious shrine in which a large number of IDPs were known to be seeking refuge. Each side blamed the other for the attack.
The LTTE launches operation "Unceasing Waves" to reclaim northern territory lost to government forces over the preceding four years.
Around 54 civilians from the Sinhalese village of Gonagala in the Ampara district are killed by the LTTE.
Sri Lankan air force bomb areas of Mullaitivu killing 21 civilians.
The army begins the first phase of Operation Ranagosa (or 'Battle Cry'), and fighting shifts to the southwestern Vanni region, where the army made substantial territorial gains.
The Sri Lankan army launches a new offensive and advances northeast-ward into the area around Oddusuddan, displacing some 12,000 people, some forcibly.
26 child LTTE cadres, aged between 15 and 18, surrender to the government security forces at Mankulam.
