Kumar Ponnambalam, Tamil parliamentarian and President of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, is assassinated.
Timeline of events under "Colombo" issue
Two bombs explode in a Colombo commuter train killing 64 people and wounding 400 others; the LTTE is blamed for the attack.
A suicide bomb explosion by the LTTE at the Central Bank building in Colombo kills more than 100 civilians. Approximately 1,300 others are wounded.
Bomb explosion kills 113 persons and injures more than 300 in the Pettah market area in Colombo.
Bomb explosion in an Air Lanka plane bound for Male at the Katunayake International Airport kills 17 passengers and injures 24.
